No. 25-975

CalPortland Company v. Robert Thomas, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-18
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law-judge administrative-procedure agency-deference factual-findings judicial-review substantial-evidence
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

When the Commission rejects factual findings of an administrative law judge and makes its own contrary findings, must courts defer to the "findings of the Commission" if supported by substantial evidence, as the Third, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits hold, or should courts instead defer to the contrary findings of the administrative law judge that the Commission rejected, as the Fourth, Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits hold?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts must defer to the factual findings of an administrative agency commission supported by substantial evidence, or instead defer to contrary findings of an administrative law judge that the commission rejected

Docket Entries

2026-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2026)
2025-12-02
Application (25A632) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 13, 2026.
2025-11-25
Application (25A632) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 15, 2025 to February 13, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

CalPortland Co.
Anthony John DickJones Day, Petitioner