civil-liability

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25-829 Matt Martorello v. Lula Williams, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-13 Denied Response Waived civil-liability indian-commerce-clause internet-contract rico-act state-regulation tribal-lending 1. Whether the Indian Commerce Clause preempts state regulation of loans made on an Indian reservation, by an arm of a tribe, when the borrower contra…
25-789 Angela Kay Plese v. Ronald Austin, et al. Tennessee 2026-01-06 Pending civil-liability constitutional-law defamation first-amendment free-speech reputational-harm Whether the First Amendment allows a plaintiff who suffers no reputational harm to recover for defamation.
25A631 John Doe, et al. v. Twitter, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-01 Application child-pornography civil-liability content-moderation internet-platform section-230 sex-trafficking Question not identified.
25A529 FemtoMetrix, Inc., et al. v. Hovik Nazaryan California 2025-11-07 Application civil-liability form-1099 fraudulent-filing information-return statutory-interpretation tax-statute Question not identified.
25-206 Edwin L. Rojas v. Connecticut, et al. District of Columbia 2025-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) anti-peonage-act civil-liability double-jeopardy due-process judicial-misconduct state-court-jurisdiction 1. The primary question presented is whether a criminal court in a state can renege on the dismissal of criminal cases when a prior judge and/or the…
24-1299 Planet Green Cartridges, Inc., a California Corporation v. Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-platforms product-misrepresentation section-230 third-party-content 1. In early 2022, Plaintiff Planet Green, Inc. ("Planet Green"), a U.S.-based remanufacturer of printer ink cartridges, provided Defendants Amazon.com…
24A232 Juan Cartaya v. Travelers Indemnity Company Colorado 2024-09-04 Presumed Complete arbitral-immunity arbitration-decision civil-liability colorado-court-of-appeals federal-arbitration-act supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-1262 Ikemefuna Stephen Nwoye v. Barack H. Obama, former President of the United States, et ux. Second Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied civil-claim civil-liability continuing-wrong factfinding insufficient-pleading jurisdictional-conflict presidential-immunity pro-se-litigation scope-of-employment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the 2nd Circuit erred in law in upholding the District Court's dismissal of the case on grounds of being frivolous because of presidential …
23-7104 In Re Tonya Knowles 2024-03-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-liability civil-rights disqualifications fair-credit-reporting-act insurrection rebellion sovereign-immunity 1. In Case No. 22-846, The Department of Agriculture Rural Development, Rural Housing Service, Does the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit …
23-7081 Elias Makere v. E. Gary Early, Administrative Law Judge Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights clerical-functions clerical-tasks court-procedure judicial-immunity legal-immunity ministerial-duties ministerial-tasks 1. Are judges immune (from civil prosecution) when performing clerical tasks (eg, Xeroxing transcripts/etc.)? 2. Are judges immune (from civil prosec…
23-6636 Thomas Oliver v. Kristin T. Mihelic, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-immunity civil-liability civil-rights court-orders government-accountability government-personnel judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics official-duties official-misconduct willful-crimes 1. Should judges or other government personnel in the United States be protected by any form of civil immunity at all for willful crimes they commit w…
23-6133 Jacquelyn Reaves v. Monmouth University, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment hate-crime jurisdiction racial-discrimination Should respondents be criminally and civilly liable for hate crime(s), false imprisonment, racial discrimination, persecution, emotional distress, and…
23A209 DeRay Mckesson v. John Doe Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Presumed Complete civil-liability first-amendment NAACP-v-Claiborne-Hardware negligence protest-organizer third-party-violence Question not identified.
22-846 Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Reginald Kirtz Third Circuit 2023-03-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (3) civil-liability civil-procedure fair-credit-reporting-act federal-jurisdiction federal-law sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation waiver Whether the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign i…
22-695 Jane Does No. 1–6, et al. v. Reddit, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Relisted (2) child-pornography civil-action civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-immunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation third-party-liability Whether the exception to CDA immunity contained in 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)(A)—which states "Nothing in this section (other than subsection (c)(2)(A)) sh…
22-593 United States, ex rel. Deborah Sheldon v. Allergan Sales, LLC Fourth Circuit 2022-12-27 GVR Relisted (5) civil-liability false-claims-act government-fraud knowingly knowledge-standard statutory-interpretation subjective-beliefs subjective-understanding Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it "kno…
22-195 Thomas J. Dart, et al. v. Salvatore Ziccarelli Seventh Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-law family-medical-leave-act interference-claim standing statutory-interpretation Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, employers may be subject to civil liability if they interfere with their employees' exercise of the ri…
22-5423 Elise LaMartina v. Jason Patrick Johnson, et al. Mississippi 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection indigent-rights interstate-commerce privileges-and-immunities Whether the State of Mississippi may unconstitutionally discriminate against interstate commerce to shield and protect its citizens and businesses fro…
21-1326 United States, et al., ex rel. Tracy Schutte, et al. v. SuperValu Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-04-05 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-liability deliberate-ignorance false-claims-act fraud knowingly materiality reckless-disregard scienter statutory-interpretation Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it "kno…
21-908 Kate Marie Bartenwerfer v. Kieran Buckley Ninth Circuit 2021-12-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-liability discharge discharge-exception fraud imputation imputation-liability statutory-interpretation May an individual be subject to liability for the fraud of another that is barred from discharge in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. (the "Bankruptcy Code")…
21-682 Mackie L. Shivers, Jr. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied circuit-split civil-liability constitutional-violation discretionary-function-exception employee-liability federal-tort-claims-act government-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act immunizes the United States from tort liability for acts taken by its empl…
21-419 Bob Lewis v. Google LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Response Waived 47-usc-230 censorship civil-liability constitutionally-protected-speech first-amendment free-speech hate-speech packingham-v-north-carolina section-230 social-media 1. Does this Court's holding in Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730, at 1736-1736, 198 L. Ed. 2d 273 (2017) that First Amendment protections…
21-382 Moses Strauss, et al. v. Credit Lyonnais, S.A. Second Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) aiding-and-abetting civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process foreign-terrorist-organization free-speech justice-against-sponsors-of-terrorism-act standing substantial-funds terrorism terrorist-organization Whether a person who knowingly transfers substantial funds to a designated foreign terrorist organization aids and abets that organization's terrorist…
21-381 Tzvi Weiss, et al. v. National Westminster Bank, PLC Second Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (2) 18 U.S.C. § 2333(d)(2) aiding-abetting civil-liability civil-rights due-process foreign-terrorist-organizations free-speech material-support standing substantial-assistance terrorism terrorist-organizations Whether a person who knowingly transfers substantial funds to a designated FTO aids and abets that organization's terrorist acts for purposes of civil…
21-81 Burt W. Newsome, et al. v. Clark A. Cooper, et al. Alabama 2021-07-21 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived appellate-review civil-claims civil-liability civil-rights criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process newton-v-rumery release-dismissal 1. Whether a release-dismissal order entered in a criminal case is enforceable under the standards set forth in Newton v. Rumery wherein said order wa…
20-1685 Scott Fulford, et al. v. George Wingate Fourth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied civil-liability fourth-amendment law-enforcement-training qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion terry-stop totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances The Fourth Amendment requires that a Terry stop be supported by some minimal level of objective justification for the stop. In conducting a Fourth Ame…
20-1069 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. A. Y., et al. Pennsylvania 2021-02-05 Denied Amici (4) civil-liability drug-labeling fda-regulation federal-preemption impossibility-preemption off-label-use preemption state-tort-law Whether federal law preempts state-law claims that a manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings relating to the off-label use of their products,…
20-651 Cook Children's Medical Center v. T. L., a Minor, et al. Texas 2020-11-13 Denied Amici (1) civil-liability civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process hospital-review internal-review-process medical-ethics section-1983 state-action texas-advance-directives-act Whether, despite the lack of any state involvement, participation, coercion, input, or control of any kind, a private hospital is nevertheless a state…
20-144 Spencer Savings Bank, SLA, et al. v. Lawrence B. Seidman New Jersey 2020-08-12 Denied bank-secrecy-act civil-liability customer-privacy financial-crimes financial-institution non-disclosure-obligation state-court-liability statutory-scheme suspicious-activity-report A recent decision from a New Jersey appellate court (which the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to review) joins a growing number of decisions across…
20-5336 Matthew Jones v. Captain Alice Brumbley Delaware 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-liability due-process government-immunity immunity legal-accountability official-misconduct 1. Do government employees enjoy immunity from committed crimes and civil prosecution? 2. Must a plaintiff prove the facts of the Case in the Complai…
19-1284 Malwarebytes, Inc. v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-05-13 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) anticompetitive-animus antitrust blocking civil-liability civil-rights communications-decency-act computer-service-providers filtering free-speech immunity section-230 Whether federal courts can derive an implied exception to Section 230(c)(2)(B) immunity for blocking or filtering decisions when they are alleged to b…
19-1077 Chris Ann Jaye v. Oak Knoll Village Condominium Owners Association, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response Waived civil-liability color-of-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-immunity separation-of-powers Are the circuit judges of the Third Circuit acting in violation of the US Constitution by providing different due process to citizens similarly situat…
19-741 Estate of Esther Klieman, By and Through Its Administrator, Aaron Kesner, et al. v. Palestinian Authority, aka Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority, et al. District of Columbia 2019-12-11 GVR anti-terrorism-act civil-liability civil-litigation congress-power congressional-intent criminal-prosecution due-process fifth-amendment foreign-sovereign 1. Whether the PA-PLO has the right to raise a Due Process defense under the Fifth Amendment—a defense the Court has ruled unavailable to U.S. state s…
19-695 Dean Browning Webb, et al. v. Deere Credit, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied Response Waived beck beck-v-prupis civil-liability civil-rico co-conspirator-liability conspiracy-law mediate-causation pinkerton-doctrine procedural-sanctions rico-1962-d salinas salinas-v-united-states Pinkerton, Salinas, Beck, and mediate causation: Does the Pinkerton Doctrine, Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 647, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L. Ed. …
19-5720 Melinda Scott v. Joshua Moon, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied IFP 47-usc-230 civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process immunity internet-law invasion-of-privacy legal-standing privacy section-230 standing tort-liability Has Plaintiff Scott stated sufficient facts to support an Invasion of Privacy claim against Defendants Moon and Zaiger? Are Defendants Moon and Zaige…
19-153 Yasmeen Daniel, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Zina Daniel Haughton v. Armslist, LLC, et al. Wisconsin 2019-08-01 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 47-usc-230 circuit-split civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-regulation section-230 state-civil-liability third-party-content tort-liability website-liability website-owners Does the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230's prohibition on treating providers of interactive computer services as publishers or speakers of…
19-40 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. J. W., a Minor California 2019-07-05 Denied church-governance civil-liability clergy-privilege first-amendment fourteenth-amendment intra-faith-communications religious-doctrine religious-freedom religious-practice For decades this Court has safeguarded the First Amendment rights of freedom of religion, speech, and press from state infringement. Jehovah's Witness…
18-1090 Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity Does Section 230 of the CDA immunize web site operators for their own negligent or tortious conduct from all civil lawsuits any time a third party has…
18-7450 Bradley B. Miller v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP anti-injunction-act civil-liability civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law judicial-immunity removal removal-proceedings state-court-procedure state-courts supremacy-clause title-28 This case presents issues related to the failure of the 330th Family District Court, Dallas County, Texas, to observe federal jurisdiction during a re…
18-913 Joshua Brennan v. James Dawson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (9) civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement liability police-conduct qualified-immunity reasonable-reliance Whether a police officer may reasonably rely on a narrow exception to a specific and clearly established right to shield him from civil liability when…
18-7092 Ileen Cain v. Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP character-damage civil-liability civil-rights defamation defamation-per-se due-process financial-prospects professional-reputation rehabilitation-act terrorism trade trade-school Whether a trade school student have a trade for purposes of defamation per se Without due process, whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Summar…