| 25-5464 |
Jaime A. Diaz ONeill v. Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-08-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorneys-fees class-action fairness-hearing notice-requirements rule-23 settlement-approval |
Question not identified. |
| 24-918 |
Exclusive Group Holdings, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorneys-fees civil-litigation court-procedure federal-removal judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in order to fulfill the "large objective" of deterring unnecessary federal court removal petitions, district courts are required to expressly… |
| 24-321 |
King for Congress v. Laney Griner, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
attorneys-fees copyright-law de-forest-test implied-license marek-decision rule-68 |
1. Does Fed.R.Civ.P. 68 allow a non-prevailing judgment-defendant to recover attorneys' fees under this Court's Marek decision pursuant to Copyright L… |
| 23A1153 |
James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
arbitration attorneys-fees forum-non-conveniens judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue |
Question not identified. |
| 23-1286 |
Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
attorneys-fees circuit-split equal-access-to-justice-act expert-evidence federal-agency judicial-review litigation-standards substantial-justification |
Whether the government's decision to take a case to trial is "substantially justified" (28 U.S.C. § 2412) when the government's case relies solely on … |
| 23A793 |
Gregory Garmong v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attorneys-fees cell-tower civil-rights due-process ninth-circuit standing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-574 |
Traxcell Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Communications Company LP, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-285 attorney-fees attorneys-fees claim-baselessness exceptional-case final-ruling litigation-conduct magistrate-ruling patent-infringement |
1. Where petitioner's patent infringement claims were not finally rejected until the district court judge approved the Magistrate Judge's ruling dispo… |
| 23-565 |
Hasbro, Inc., et al. v. Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
|
attorneys-fees circuit-split copyright copyright-act-section-505 copyright-law discretion judicial-discretion kirtsaeng-standard kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley prevailing-party |
What is the appropriate standard for awarding attorneys' fees to a prevailing party under Section 505 of the Copyright Act? |
| 23-284 |
H. C., Individually and on Behalf of J. C., a Child With a Disability, et al. v. New York City Department of Education |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
attorneys-fees court-discretion disability-rights discretion due-process due-process-hearing educational-agency idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act prevailing-rates settlement-offers |
1. How does 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(G) affect an award of attorneys' fees under the IDEA?
2. What, if any, limit(s) constrain(s) a federal court's dis… |
| 22-895 |
Murphy Creek, LLC, et al. v. Murphy Creek Metropolitan District No. 3 |
Colorado |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 attorneys-fees civil-rights common-nucleus common-nucleus-of-operative-fact judicial-relief prevailing-party section-1983 substantial-claim substantiality |
1. Whether the Colorado Courts ignored the intent of Congress set forth in 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 and binding precedents of this Court, and erred in holdi… |
| 22-390 |
Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
California |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-rights attorney-fees attorneys-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-sanction limited-jurisdiction rule-of-law sanctions |
(1) Can a limited jurisdiction court of California award attorneys' fees in excess of its jurisdictional limit of $10,000.00?
(2) Is it justified to … |
| 22-5399 |
John Afriyie v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorneys-fees circuit-split corporate-expenses criminal-procedure criminal-restitution mandatory-victims-restitution-act noscitur-a-sociis restitution statutory-interpretation |
Section (b)(4) of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act ("MVRA") requires a criminal defendant convicted of a wide variety of offenses to:
reimburse … |
| 22-157 |
The Key Finance, Inc., et al. v. DJ Koon |
Oklahoma |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreements attorneys-fees civil-procedure court-precedent dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act judicial-enforcement standing |
Whether the decisions below violated the Federal Arbitration Act and decades of Court precedent by failing to enforce the express terms of the parties… |
| 22-36 |
Karim Christian Kamal v. Joseph A. Farrow, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-12 |
Denied |
|
attorney-fees attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process economic-damages fraud national-origin-discrimination rico rico-damages |
1) The Ninth Circuit is in disagreement with the Second and Eight Circuits: Do attorney's fees and court costs incurred as a result of fraud constitut… |
| 21-1074 |
Mark A. Di Carlo v. James R. Swartz, Jr., et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
|
attorneys-fees civil-procedure defamation due-process federal-removal fourteenth-amendment ohio-law rule-54 |
1. CAN A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE GRANT ATTORNEYS FEES IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN A FEDERAL REMOVAL PROCEEDING FROM OHIO STATE COURTS FOR DEFAMA… |
| 21-626 |
Boyd & Associates v. Bryan K. White, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act first-to-file-bar jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal medicaid-fraud sebelius-v-auburn-regional-medical-center |
The questions presented for review are:
A. WHETHER the en banc Court of Appeals and the panel erred in affirming the District Court's decisions dismi… |
| 20-1317 |
Holly MacIntyre v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorneys-fees civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction fraud fraud-damages monetary-relief rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment |
Whether a plaintiff in a diversity case who seeks monetary relief — for damages emanating from the defendant's fraud in procuring a state-court judgme… |
| 20-1252 |
Stephen J. Simoni v. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
|
arbitration attorneys-fees circuit-court-interpretation civil-procedure federal-courts federal-labor-law labor-arbitration labor-law supreme-court-precedent union-rights |
United States Supreme Court precedent requires that union members be awarded attorneys' fees where the employer wrongfully blocked access to quick and… |
| 20-402 |
Chad Richardson, et ux., Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of L v. Omaha School District |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-09-28 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedures administrative-proceedings attorneys-fees attorneys'-fees circuit-split civil-rights due-process IDEA idea-statute judicial-review limitations-period |
The question presented is: What type of state statute of limitations should courts borrow for attorneys' fees actions under 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(8)(B)(… |
| 20-360 |
David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
|
attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation |
The question presented is whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily pr… |
| 19-7090 |
Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega
19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr |
1. Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to … |
| 19-763 |
Richard C. Angino, et ux. v. TransUnion LLC |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
|
accuracy accuracy-of-reports attorneys-fees circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights credit-reporting credit-reporting-accuracy credit-reports credit-scores due-process fair-credit-reporting-act standing |
1. WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD ACCEPT AND DECIDE THIS CASE THAT AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WHO APPLIES FOR C… |
| 19-768 |
Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorneys-fees civil-damages civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process economic-loss exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search illegal-stop incarceration police-misconduct standing |
Whether a plaintiff whose fourth amendment rights have been violated may be automatically denied damages for subsequent incarceration, attorneys fees,… |
| 19-6900 |
Aldon Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attorney-fees attorneys-fees buckhannon civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-access-to-justice-act government-litigation judicial-determination mootness prevailing-party standing voluntary-change |
This Court in Buckhannon addressed an award of prevailing party attorneys' fees pursuant to Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and Americans with Dis… |
| 19-708 |
Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation |
1. Can a court invalidate a copyright registration –
and thus terminate a pending case – on the basis of a
good-faith inclusion of inaccurate informat… |
| 18-1503 |
Nagel Rice, LLP, et al. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorneys-fees circuit-split class-action class-action-litigation class-action-settlement conflict-of-interest constitutional-infirmity counsel-fees due-process equal-protection lead-counsel pre-appointment-work unequal-plaintiff-classes |
This Court has never addressed two important questions in class action litigation. First, whether nonclass counsel is entitled to an award of counsel … |
| 18-1309 |
Booking.com B.V. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
GVR |
Amici (4)Relisted (3) |
administrative-law american-rule attorneys-fees civil-procedure civil-procedure-costs first-amendment government-fees government-litigation patent statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-registration |
Applicants for trademark registration dissatisfied with a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board can commence a civil action seeking de novo… |
| 18-1295 |
Dale De Steno, et al. v. Kelly Services, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review attorneys-fees civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-issue constitutional-rights due-process free-speech jury-trial precedent seventh-amendment sixth-circuit standing |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred by denying the Petitioners' request for a jury trial pursuant to the Seventh Am… |
| 18-7709 |
John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether contestability precedent from this Court, see Hurni, Enelow, Stewart, Pickering, Wallerstein and Button; the N.C. Supreme Court, see American … |
| 18-89 |
AmeriCulture, Inc., et al. v. Los Lobos Renewable Power, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-SLAPP attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-motion expedited-motions federal-court federal-procedure fee-shifting free-speech public-participation |
1. Whether a state anti-SLAPP provision requiring an award of attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing defendant applies in federal court—as the Firs… |
| 23A1019 |
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
attorneys-fees class-action eleventh-circuit petition-response supreme-court-rules word-limit |
Question not identified. |
| 23A1020 |
David G. Behenna v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review attorneys-fees class-action petition-response supreme-court-rules word-limit |
Question not identified. |