Conference: 2024-07-01

60 cases — 0 granted, 60 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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23-1122 Free Speech Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (45)Relisted (2) adults-access constitutional-rights content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech protected-speech rational-basis rational-basis-review strict-scrutiny This Court has repeatedly held that States may rationally restrict minors' access to sexual materials, but such restrictions must withstand strict scr… 56.0
22-669 NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. v. Highland Capital Management, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied CVSGResponse RequestedRelisted (5) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-reorganization bankruptcy-trustees business-liabilities common-law-immunity gross-negligence post-bankruptcy-liabilities reorganization-plan third-party-exculpation third-party-liability Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or th… 37.5
22-631 Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court chapter-11 circuit-split debt-discharge discharge reorganization-plan statutory-interpretation third-party-liability third-party-releases Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code states that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or the … 35.5
23-1038 Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (17)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-decision agency-deference arbitrary-and-capricious e-cigarettes fda-regulation interstate-commerce public-health tobacco-control tobacco-regulation Whether the court of appeals erred in setting aside FDA's denial orders as arbitrary and capricious. 28.0
23-819 Allstates Refractory Contractors, LLC v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (8)Relisted (5) administrative-law article-i commerce-clause constitutional-limits delegation-of-authority delegation-of-power major-questions-doctrine osha statutory-interpretation workplace-safety Whether Congress's delegation of authority to write "reasonably necessary or appropriate" workplace-safety standards violates Article I of the U.S. Co… 20.5
22-1199 Rogan O'Handley v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) censorship first-amendment free-speech government-speech online-censorship political-speech social-media social-media-regulation state-action In 2018, California created the Office of Election Cybersecurity. State law empowers the Office "[t]o monitor and counteract false or misleading infor… 19.5
23-668 Warren King v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (13) 28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-determination jury-selection racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's decision was based on "an unreasonable determination" of the facts. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2). 2. Whether the Geo… 18.5
23-830 Lonnie Allen Bassett v. Arizona Arizona Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana sentencing-discretion Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a juvenile to be sentenced to life without parole under a system that did not afford the sentencing court discret… 18.5
23-961 John Doe, Through Next Friend Jane Roe v. Snap, Inc., dba Snapchat, L.L.C., dba Snap, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-rights content-provider due-process free-speech internet-service-provider negligence negligent-design section-230 sexual-assault sexual-predator tortious-misconduct Does 47 U.S.C. Section 230 immunize internet service providers from any suit based on their own tortious misconduct simply because third-party content… 18.0
23-910 Ivan Antonyuk, et al. v. Steven G. James, In His Official Capacity as Acting Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. Second Circuit GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process gun-rights historical-analysis judicial-review original-meaning second-amendment standing temporal-analysis 1. Whether the proper historical time period for ascertaining the Second Amendment's original meaning is 1791, rather than 1868; and 2. Whether "the … 17.0
23-1002 Tony R. Hewitt v. United States Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split criminal-law first-step-act judicial-vacatur mandatory-minimum post-enactment-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the FSA's enactment when that original s… 16.5
23-649 Lisa Price, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nickie Miller v. Montgomery County, Kentucky, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (13) 42-usc-1983 brady-v-maryland civil-rights court-order due-process exculpatory-evidence legal-discretion prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity section-1983 Nickie Miller was wrongly incarcerated for two years for a murder he did not commit. The charges were based on a coerced confession from a woman who l… 16.5
23-879 Caleb Barnett, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms firearms-ban gun-rights second-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent Whether Illinois' sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment. 16.5
23-569 Rodney Reed v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (11) affirmative-evidence due-process evidentiary-standard gateway-innocence habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-review reasonable-doubt schlup-standard schlup-v-delo In the twenty-five years since Rodney Reed was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, a "considerable body of evidence" has accumulated that he i… 15.5
23-32 Edward Jacob Lang v. United States District of Columbia GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) criminal-law criminal-prosecution evidence-tampering official-proceedings police-violence public-demonstrations riot-context statutory-interpretation van-buren-v-united-states Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that application of 18 U.S.C. Section 1512(c)(2), a statute crafted to prevent tampering with evidenc… 15.0
23-877 Dane Harrel, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings (1) Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their… 14.5
23-878 Javier Herrera v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment arms-protection civil-rights due-process free-speech historical-tradition second-amendment self-defense semiautomatic-rifles standard-magazines standing takings Whether semiautomatic rifles and standard handgun and rifle magazines do not count as "Arms" within the ordinary meaning of the Second Amendment's pla… 14.5
23-929 Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) administrative-procedure deadline-calculation immigration-law post-decision-motion removal-proceedings voluntary-departure When a noncitizen's voluntary-departure period ends on a weekend or public holiday, is a motion to reopen filed the next business day sufficient to av… 14.0
23-1010 Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms-ban firearms-regulation gun-rights military-weaponry second-amendment standing takings Whether Illinois' categorical ban on millions of the most commonly owned firearms and ammunition magazines in the nation, including the AR-15 rifle, v… 13.5
23-880 National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. City of Naperville, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation founding-era handgun-ban heller-precedent heller-vs-dc second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons 1. Is the State of Illinois' ban of certain handguns constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that handgun bans … 13.5
23-133 Arlen Foster v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Eighth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-review agriculture chevron-deference environmental-law statutory-interpretation swampbuster-provision wetlands wetlands-certification 1. Whether a statute that provides that a wetlands certification "remain[s] valid and in effect ... until such time as the person affected by the cert… 13.0
23-847 Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly, et al. Eighth Circuit GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) civil-discovery civil-procedure civil-rights comity due-process federal-interests legislative-privilege standing state-legislators third-party-communications 1. Should this Court vacate the Eighth Circuit's decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)? 2. Are state legislators abso… 12.5
22-1246 Edison Electric Institute, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference energy-regulation federal-energy-regulatory-commission megawatts power-generation power-production-capacity qualifying-facility solar-energy-project statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "power production capacity" refers to a facility's maximum net output to the grid at any one time, or whether that term instead refers to t… 12.0
23-1062 Mark Changizi, et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) article-iii-standing civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-censorship government-interference public-health-policy social-media social-media-censorship standing Petitioners are three individual users of a social media platform who allege that federal officials violated their First Amendment rights by inducing … 12.0
23-831 Constance Eileen Caswell v. Colorado Colorado Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) almendarez-torres apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement jury-determination jury-trial misdemeanor-elevation prior-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether a prior misdemeanor conviction that elevates a subsequent offense from a misdemeanor to a felony is an element of the subsequent offense th… 12.0
22-867 Kadeen Kamar Kerr v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None 11.0
23-1150 Corey Deyon Duffey and Jarvis Dupree Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Relisted (2) appellate-review circuit-split criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-resentencing judicial-vacatur retroactivity sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the First Step Act's enactment when that… 11.0
23-374 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by … 11.0
23-376 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-law drug-user due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substanc… 11.0
23-455 United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders, violates the Second… 11.0
23-683 Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process felony-conviction felony-disarmament gun-rights non-violent-offender second-amendment standing takings Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one 15-year-old nonviolent felony… 11.0
23-913 Cesar Solis-Flores v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) None 11.0
23-650 Laura Jordan and Mark Jordan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) alternative-theory appellate-review constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-instructions structural-error sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether an appellate court's harmless-error analysis of constitutional alternative theory error in jury instructions must decline to find the erro… 9.5
23-944 Jeremy W. Langley, et al. v. Brendan F. Kelly, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois State Police, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-ban due-process firearm-regulation gun-rights heller-v-dc new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons supreme-court-precedent 1. Is the State of Illinois ' absolute ban of certain commonly owned semi-automatic handguns constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller… 8.5
22-863 Rafael Diaz-Rodriguez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) None 8.0
23-1028 Shannon Poe v. Idaho Conservation League Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) addition-of-pollutant chevron-deference clean-water-act discharge-of-pollutant navigable-waters ninth-circuit-ruling pollutant-discharge statutory-interpretation Whether there is a "discharge of a pollutant" under the Clean Water Act when material already within a regulated waterbody is merely moved or resuspen… 8.0
23-876 KC Transport, Inc. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. District of Columbia GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference circuit-split federal-mine-safety-and-health-act federal-regulation mine-safety mining statutory-interpretation transportation 1. Whether a truck or a truck repair shop that is not located at nor is adjacent to an extraction or processing site or an appurtenant road is a "coal… 8.0
23-348 Kristen H. Colindres, et al. v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia Denied Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-limitations consular-nonreviewability due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether the doctrine of consular nonreviewability insulates from judicial review a consular decision that lacks both a facially legitimate and bona fi… 6.5
23-94 Garret Miller v. United States District of Columbia GVR Relisted (3) congressional-proceedings criminal-law criminal-statute electoral-certification electoral-college intent-element mens-rea obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the obstruction-of-justice offenses in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) cover only acts that affect the integrity or availability of evidence, or whether t… 6.5
22-868 Ariel Marcelo Bastias v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2) None 6.0
23-189 Wayne Patrick Debique v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None 6.0
23-413 Michael Lissack v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia GVR Relisted (2) administrative-action administrative-law agency-discretion chevron-deference discretion internal-revenue-service statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-whistleblower whistleblower-award Section 7623 of Title 26 governs the Internal Revenue Service's (hereinafter the "IRS") ability to pay awards to whistleblowers. Prior to 2006, awards… 6.0
23-538 Moises Cruz Cruz v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) None 6.0
23-558 United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc. and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion civil-procedure definite-term federal-office federal-officer nlrb-procedure removal removal-authority statutory-interpretation 1. Whether statutes that prescribe a definite term for a federal office, without providing for removal of the officer during the prescribed term, impl… 6.0
23-5606 Samuel Valencia v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution require that facts to prove a defendant's prior convictions were for offenses committed on … 1.5
23-6013 Calvin Cogdill v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-procedure criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment indictment jury reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of… 1.0
23-6038 Lakeith Lynn Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt minimum-and-maximum-sentences prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution require that facts to prove a defendant's prior convictions were for offenses committed … 1.0
23-6602 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional as applie… 1.0
23-6842 Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States Eighth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment standing Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci… 1.0
23-6232 Charles C. McCrory v. Alabama Alabama Denied Relisted (7)IFP bite-mark bite-mark-analysis conflicted-judge due-process expert-testimony forensic-evidence judicial-recusal recanted-testimony scientific-developments scientific-reliability Whether, as several circuits have found, there is a due process right not to be convicted based on forensic evidence later shown to be fundamentally u… -1.5
22-7630 Daniel Nathaniel McCall v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense mandatory-minimum prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense 1. This Court has granted certiorari in Jackson v. United States, No. 22-6640, and Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389, and consolidated the cases. Th… -3.5
23-5457 Deangelus Thomas v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof constitutional-fact-finding criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial predicate-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-penalty May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of… -3.5
23-6579 Jamaal A. Hameen v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-procedure drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense firearm-offense prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense L. Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(i), incorporates the federal drug s… -3.5
23-6170 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex… -4.0
23-6177 Sylvia Olivas, aka Sylvia Lee Gavaldon v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-activity criminal-procedure expert-testimony expert-witness federal-rules-of-evidence mens-rea mental-state trier-of-fact Rule 704(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence provides: In a criminal case, an expert witness must not state an opinion about whether the defendant did… -4.0
23-6340 Christopher Stowell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial occasions-clause prior-convictions proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether the U.S. Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant's prior convictions were "committe… -4.0
23-6433 Rico Lorodge Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-finding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes heightened statutory penalties if a defendant convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) has three prior c… -4.0
23-6631 Jeremy Dale Robinson v. United States Eighth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-requirements due-process jury-trial prior-convictions proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether the U.S. Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant's prior convictions were "committe… -4.0
23-6786 Carl Ray McNeil, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes heightened statutory penalties if a defendant convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) has three prior c… -4.0
23-6795 Gregory Taylor v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony hearsay laboratory-evidence laboratory-tests sixth-amendment Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is satisfied when an expert witness provides opinion testimony that is based on data from labo… -4.0