| 24A472 |
Joseph R. Johnson, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-11-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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but-for-cause certificate-of-innocence exoneree federal-prosecution misconduct statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7185 |
Brandon Scott Donaldson v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky but-for-cause civil-rights fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike pretext race-neutral race-neutral-explanation systematic-underrepresentation |
1. The State used a peremptory challenge on the first Black juror in the jury box. When required to articulate his reasons for the strike, the prosecu… |
| 22-931 |
Paulo K. Mwassa v. Presbyterian Homes & Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
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but-for-causation but-for-cause civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination federal-sector-employment protected-activity retaliation title-vii |
1. Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which provides that actions affecting employees shall be made fr… |
| 21-6787 |
Rondale Young v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
but-for-causation but-for-cause circuit-split criminal-law ninth-circuit-interpretation purpose-element racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vicar-statute violent-crime violent-crimes |
Whether the purpose element of the VICAR offense, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires the government to prove that the racketeering-enterprise motive was a but… |
| 18-1367 |
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Mark A. Sumner |
Virginia |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
burden-of-proof but-for-causation but-for-cause causation civil-procedure common-law employee-injury federal-employers-liability-act federal-employers-liability-act-fela fela negligence proximate-cause railroad-liability |
Whether FELA permits liability when the plaintiff cannot meet the common-law standard of proof for but-for causation. |
| 18-662 |
Mary McDonald v. City of Wichita, Kansas |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action but-for-causation but-for-cause employment-discrimination jury-instruction jury-instructions predominant-cause retaliation sole-cause sole-cause-standard standard-of-proof title-vii |
The plaintiff in a Title VII retaliation case must "establish that his or her protected activity was a but for cause of the alleged adverse action by … |