No. 24A1124

Corrigan Clay v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-21
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause interstate-commerce missouri-v-holland treaty-power
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Congress's authority under the Foreign Commerce Clause and the treaty power extends to criminalizing entirely extraterritorial, noncommercial sexual abuse committed by a U.S. resident, as prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress's power under the Foreign Commerce Clause and the Treaty Power permits federal criminal prosecution for extraterritorial conduct not directly tied to a core commercial transaction

Docket Entries

2025-07-07
Application (24A1124) granted by Justice Alito further extending the time to file until August 7, 2025.
2025-07-01
Application of Corrigan Clay for a further extension of time submitted.
2025-07-01
Application (24A1124) to extend further the time from July 17, 2025 to August 7, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
2025-05-22
Application (24A1124) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 17, 2025.
2025-05-19
Application (24A1124) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2025 to July 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Corrigan Clay
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent