comparative-analysis
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5928 | Anthony Boyd v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-10-21 | Denied | IFP | comparative-analysis cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-method nitrogen-hypoxia | When performing a comparative analysis to determine whether an alternative means of execution would significantly reduce a substantial risk of severe … |
| 25-5776 | Thomas Scott Perkins v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-01 | Pending | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | comparative-analysis federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation | Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin… |
| 18-1119 | The Richman Group of Florida, Inc. v. Pinellas County, Florida | Florida | 2019-02-27 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment class-of-one comparative-analysis difference-in-treatment due-process equal-protection florida fourteenth-amendment legislative-decision property-rights rational-basis selective-enforcement similarly-situated | Does Florida's failure to consider the "difference in treatment" between a plaintiff and its similarly situated comparators conflict with this Court's… |
| 18-6309 | Warren Justin Hardy v. California | California | 2018-10-12 | Denied | IFP | comparative-analysis equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination racial-overtones sixth-amendment | Whether, in a case with racial overtones, the California Supreme Court's refusal to conduct a meaningful comparative analysis, or infer a likelihood o… |