causal-nexus
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-1027 | San Diego Family Housing, LLC, a California Limited Liability Corporation, et al. v. Lena Childs, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2026-02-26 | Pending | Response RequestedResponse Waived | causal-nexus federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal government-contractor military-housing-privatization-initiative state-court-removal | 1. Whether a causal nexus test of any variety, including that used by the Ninth Circuit, survives the 2011 amendment to the federal officer removal st… |
| 24-813 | Chevron USA Incorporated, et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-31 | Granted | Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | causal-nexus civil-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal oil-production statutory-interpretation wartime-contract | 1. Whether a causal-nexus or contractual-direction test survives the 2011 amendment to the federal-officer removal statute. 2. Whether a federal cont… |
| 24-97 | Mark Randall Meadows v. Georgia | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-07-30 | Denied | causal-nexus federal-defense federal-forum federal-immunity federal-officer-removal statutory-right | Georgia has brought a criminal prosecution against a former White House Chief of Staff for actions that he took in the West Wing to assist the Preside… | |
| 20-7988 | Robert Allen Poyson v. Arizona | Arizona | 2021-05-11 | Denied | IFP | aggravating-factors capital-sentencing causal-nexus constitutional-review death-penalty eighth-amendment individualized-sentencing mitigation-evidence non-statutory-mitigation | 1. Is the individualized capital sentencing requirement guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment violated when a State—whether by statute or court- imposed … |