causal-nexus

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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 …