| 25-740 |
Susan I. Heath, Proposed Representative of the Estate of Henry A. Hurst, III, Deceased v. EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
Amici (1) |
diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine negligence public-health research-liability strict-liability |
When Petitioner's husband died of COVID-19 in Colorado, she brought a wrongful death action into federal court, alleging novel tort claims against the… |
| 25-724 |
Unified Life Insurance Company v. United States Fire Insurance Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-19 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-common-law insurance-law reinsurance state-law |
Whether a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction exceeds its authority under Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) by creating a new st… |
| 25-556 |
William Loginov v. Sheridan Memorial Hospital, aka Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-06 |
Denied |
|
article-iii diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts rules-of-decision-act state-law-interpretation |
Whether Article III, the Rules of Decision Act, and the Erie doctrine mandate that federal courts sitting in diversity must certify novel state law qu… |
| 25-310 |
J.A. Masters Investments, et al. v. Eduardo Beltramini |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-17 |
Denied |
|
diversity-jurisdiction due-process erie-doctrine force-majeure impossibility-defense jury-instructions |
1. Whether a federal court sitting in diversity may deny
a party the right to present the equitable defense of
impossibility to the jury—despite unc… |
| 25-263 |
Cheri Poe v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split erie-doctrine federalism-interests judicial-discretion state-law-certification supplemental-jurisdiction |
1. When a federal court considers whether to certify a state law issue to a state high court, what factors, including federalism interests, bear on th… |
| 24-7251 |
Michael Deuschel v. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
12b6-dismissal civil-procedure discovery-rule due-process erie-doctrine ninth-circuit |
Whether the Ninth Circuit departed from the Erie Doctrine, and violated
Appellant's due process rights, when it ratified the district court's 12(b)(6)… |
| 24-1020 |
Uber Technologies, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. v. Amie Drammeh, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split erie-doctrine federal-courts judicial-prediction procedural-law state-law |
Whether, under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), a federal court must apply existing state law, as the D.C., First, Fourth, and Fifth… |
| 24-789 |
ECB USA, Inc., a Florida Corporation, et al. v. Chubb Insurance Company of New Jersey, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split contract-interpretation erie-doctrine federal-common-law judicial-precedent state-law |
1. Whether under the mandate of Erie v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), a federal court is permitted to apply federal common law rules of construction i… |
| 24-769 |
Joan Stormo, as Assignee of Peter T. Clark v. State National Insurance Company |
First Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Denied |
|
certification diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-procedure federalism state-law |
Federal courts sitting in diversity must apply the laws of the relevant state as rules of decision. 28 U.S. Code § 1652. Certification of questions to… |
| 24A690 |
Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Amie Drammeh, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certification erie-doctrine federal-diversity judicial-prediction ninth-circuit state-tort-law |
The question presented by applicants' forthcoming petition would concern the proper application of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), … |
| 24-149 |
Kai Hansjurgens v. Donald Bailey |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-12 |
Denied |
|
11th-circuit bankruptcy-procedure due-process erie-doctrine federal-common-law state-law |
1. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, decision below, conflict with other similar decisions of other U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals as well as dec… |
| 23-1236 |
Law Office of Rogelio Solis PLLC, et al. v. Catherine Stone Curtis |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law debtor-interest erie-doctrine federal-common-law legal-determination property-ownership property-rights state-law |
Question not identified. |
| 23-1126 |
David Streeter, et al. v. USAA General Indemnity Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification-of-questions certification-of-state-law comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine insurance-law judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-interpretation |
This Petition and recently filed Randy Tarum et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., No. 23-973, both raise the identical issue: have Ninth C… |
| 23-973 |
Randy Tarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert L. Lindsay, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
|
certification-of-state-law-questions comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine federal-procedure first-impression judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-certification |
1. Should cooperative federalism, comity, efficient federal practice, and the divergent decisions in the Circuits prompt the Court in the wake of Lehm… |
| 22-1231 |
Laird J. Heal v. Wells Fargo, N.A., as Trustee for WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Services 2006-PR2 Trust, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-estoppel motions-to-strike standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Whether the motions to strike under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(2) were decided correctly or if the First Circuit should apply a different legal standard as co… |
| 22-719 |
Jessica Mackey v. American Multi-Cinema, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-01 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process erie-doctrine premises-liability risk-utility-test seventh-amendment state-law summary-judgment |
Except in very rare instances such as the complete lack of proof, black letter Louisiana tort law holds that determination of breach of duty is a ques… |
| 22-680 |
Jun Li, et al. v. Colorado Regional Center I, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure discretionary-review due-process erie-doctrine judicial-proceedings standard-of-review supervisory-power |
This case falls within Sup. Ct. R. 10(a) which allows the Supreme Court to exercise its supervisory power when a court of appeals has departed from th… |
| 22-541 |
Peter Jokich v. Rush University Medical Center |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure contract-waiver due-process erie-doctrine federalism protected-activity retaliation summary-judgment waiver |
1. The "demanding standard" of proof the Panel
imposed on petitioner to show waiver of a contract
condition under Illinois law has no foundation in
th… |
| 22-424 |
The Cordish Companies, Inc. v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certified-question civil-procedure conflict-of-laws erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage judicial-procedure maryland state-law-interpretation west-virginia |
Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the constitutional principles set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), which protect each s… |
| 22-392 |
Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstention appellate-procedure certification circuit-split civil-procedure deference erie-doctrine federal-courts interlocutory-appeal judicial-deference state-courts state-law-certification |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit violate the principle of Erie v. Thompkins by denying Bel Air's motion to defer its ruli… |
| 22-286 |
Frieda Mae Rogers, fka Frieda Rogers Roen, et al. v. Wilmington Trust Company, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-procedure erie-doctrine factual-stipulations federalism forum-selection judicial-admissions state-law statutes-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
1. May the court of appeals override the parties' factual
stipulation crucial to petitioners' right to recover,
contrary to this Court's precedents as… |
| 22-252 |
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. v. DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
|
federal courts sitting in diversity should apply under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins forum-selection-clause forum-selection-clauses procedural-law state-law substantive-law |
Whether, under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), federal courts sitting in diversity should apply federal or state law to determine t… |
| 21-1561 |
Vickie Brooks v. Philadelphia Insurance Companies |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine stare-decisis summary-judgment tenth-circuit |
Did The Tenth Circuit Court fail to follow stare decisis by failing to follow its own ruling in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and affirm… |
| 21-1508 |
David Dotson v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
choice-of-forum day-in-court erie-doctrine federalism forum-selection insurance-litigation res-judicata substantive-law |
Did the court of appeals violate the federalism principle of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) when it refused to apply Louisiana's substant… |
| 21-1358 |
Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma, Inc., dba Goodwill Career Pathways Institute v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure covid-19 covid-related-claims direct-physical-loss erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage state-law state-law-interpretation |
Whether federal courts are violating Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), as well as principles of federalism, in uniformly refusing to seek a… |
| 21-1222 |
Joel David Joseph v. American General Life Insurance Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-09 |
Denied |
|
california-constitution diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine judicial-procedure ninth-circuit oral-argument res-judicata ripeness |
1. Does this court's decision in Erie Railroad v Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), require the United states Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to con… |
| 21-666 |
Parker Waichman, LLP, et al. v. Arnold Levin, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
|
Alyeska-Pipeline-Serv.-Co.-v.-Wilderness-Soc'y attorney-fees Boeing-Co.-v.-Van-Gemert Common-benefit-doctrine common-fund-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction Equitable-common-fund-doctrine erie-doctrine Erie-R.-Co.-v.-Tompkins federal-equity-power Hensley-v.-Eckerhart multi-district-litigation |
The questions concern three subjects : (1) the authority of a court sitting in diversity jurisdiction to allocate contractual attorney fees from indiv… |
| 21-5994 |
Choo Washburn v. John Nunez, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction divorce-proceedings due-process erie-doctrine personal-property property-rights real-property takings |
1. Does the meaning of the word, "PROPERTY" that is in the "Due Process Clause" and
"Taking Clause", in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of th… |
| 21-70 |
Gary E. Albright, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-07-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
certification constitutional-federalism erie-doctrine fifth-amendment railroad-deed state-law state-law-interpretation takings-claim takings-clause |
Does constitutional federalism require a federal court that confronts an outcome-determinative and unresolved State law issue that is particularly wit… |
| 20-6696 |
La Verne Koenig v. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-precedent due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit pro-se-litigation state-rights |
Question 1: (A) Does the Federal Rule, [Fed. R. Civ. Pro. Rule 4] significantly affect the result of a litigation for a Federal Court to disregard a l… |
| 20-750 |
Timothy P. Murphy v. Susan Stacy, Circuit Court Judge |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-courts state-law-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment swift-v-tyson |
1. Whether under any circumstances in their appli
cation of common law, federal courts are allowed the
authority or discretion to disregard this Cou… |
| 20-602 |
Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels v. Donald J. Trump |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-slapp anti-slapp-statute circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-law shady-grove |
In Shady Grove Ortho pedic Assocs., P.A. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 559 U.S. 393 (2010), this Court held that a valid Federal Rule of Civil Proce dure gove… |
| 20-474 |
CMT Hospital HIMA San Pablo Caguas v. Jose Suero-Algarin |
First Circuit |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure damages-review diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine excessiveness federal-standard gasperini-standard gasperini-v-center-for-humanities remittitur state-law |
1. Whether the decision below contravenes Erie Railroad v. Tompkins by granting respondent a recovery that is ten times larger than the recovery respo… |
| 20-262 |
Bridget Alex, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification civil-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation tort-claims-act |
Plaintiffs sued T-Mobile in state court for breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, and gross negligence that led to Brandon Alex's death. T-Mo… |
| 19-1272 |
Thomas Christopher Retzlaff v. Jason Lee Van Dyke |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-05-08 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
anti-slapp civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts federal-procedure free-speech litigation-strategy |
Whether under the doctrine of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), state anti-SLAPP statutes apply in federal diversity cases, as the Fi… |
| 19-789 |
Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A., et al. v. John Paul DeJoria |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-retroactivity-provisions civil-rights constitutional-law de-novo-review due-process erie-doctrine federal-constitution foreign-judgment foreign-money-judgment judicial-review retroactive-application retroactive-legislation retroactivity texas-constitution texas-law texas-legislature uniform-foreign-country-money-judgments-recognitio |
1. Respondent John Paul DeJoria is a billionaire who co-founded a Moroccan company, was found liable in Moroccan court for defrauding Petitioners and … |
| 19-526 |
Dexter Edwards, dba Edwards Land and Cattle v. Genex Cooperative, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
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cattle-reproduction choice-of-law civil-procedure contract contract-law diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federalism oral-agreement state-law |
Did the court of appeals violate Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and the pragmatic federalism it represents by refusing to apply establish… |
| 19-306 |
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v. Yury Rinsky |
First Circuit |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts legal-standards punitive-damages standard-of-proof state-courts state-law state-law-certification subject-matter-jurisdiction |
This diversity case involves state-law claims of age discrimination in employment. Petitioner disputed the applicability of the New York City Human Ri… |
| 19-196 |
Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
antiassignment-provision authoritative-guidance choice-of-law civil-procedure claim-processing clear-authoritative-guidance erie-doctrine erie-railroad erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins erisa erisa-antiassignment-provision erisa-benefits erisa-waiver federal-court federal-courts liability medical-provider standing state-law statutory-interpretation waiver |
1. Whether a federal court seeking to identify the content of state law pursuant to Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), may choose the … |
| 18-1529 |
Louis R. Koerner, Jr., Individually and as Assignee of Jean McCurdy Meade v. CMR Construction & Roofing, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
|
certification civil-procedure declarations erie-doctrine evidence material-issues-of-fact non-moving-party procedural-protections rule-54(b) rule-54b rule-59(e) rule-59e standard-of-consideration summary-judgment |
This case poses important questions regarding the procedural protections afforded to the non-moving party in a motion for summary judgment to have his… |
| 18-1314 |
Kimberly Meador, et al. v. Apple, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1332 access-to-courts certification-to-state-supreme-court civil-rights collision court-access distracted-driving diversity-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction-28-usc-1332 driver-distraction due-process erie-doctrine negligence product-liability smartphone-manufacturer-liability statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law |
1. Has the court of appeals failed to exercise its mandatory diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 by refusing to make an "Erie guess" whether… |
| 18-1294 |
Michael D. Lynch, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
business-records circuit-split due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay hearsay-testimony national-mortgage-settlements summary-judgment supervisory-power |
This case presents clear conflict on a pure question of law, regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence. According to the Eleventh Circuit, the hearsay s… |
| 18-1200 |
Fluid Dynamics, LLC v. JEA, fka Jacksonville Electric Authority |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
|
certification certification-to-state-court civil-procedure discovery erie-doctrine erie-v-tomkins erie-v-tompkins fact-specific florida-law sovereign-immunity summary-judgment tenth-amendment |
This case involves the granting of summary judgment as a matter of Florida law by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida … |
| 18-530 |
Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel |
First Circuit |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
charitable-trusts diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine establishment-clause evidence federalism free-exercise free-exercise-clause personal-property property property-dispute religious-liberty secular-evidence trust trust-law |
1. In ordinary trust and property disputes does the Establishment Clause preclude courts from considering secular evidence that is relevant and admiss… |
| 18-529 |
Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-process case-merger civil-procedure consolidation consolidation-of-cases due-process erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins hall-v-hall informed-consent judicial-consolidation judicial-practice standing third-circuit |
Whether the decision of the Third Circuit conflicts with the Supreme Court decision by holding in this instant case that the District Court effectivel… |
| 18-403 |
Bruce A. Shear v. MAZ Partners, LP, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
First Circuit |
2018-09-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights disgorgement disgorgement-order district-court-power diversity-jurisdiction due-process equitable-power equitable-remedy erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion jury-trial jury-verdict |
1. When a jury finds in favor of defendant on the sole claim asserted against him, may a district court affirm the verdict but then use "equitable pow… |
| 18-178 |
SGK Properties, L.L.C., et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americold-realty-trust-v-conagra-foods business-trust circuit-split citizenship comity comity-and-federalism diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-r-co-v-tompkins federal-courts federalism real-party-in-interest unincorporated-business-trust unincorporated-entity |
1. Should the Court resolve the split of authority among the Circuits about whether and when the citizenship of constituent members of an unincorporat… |
| 18-108 |
David Duncan v. GEICO General Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation due-process erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins federal-case-law federal-common-law federal-courts judicial-precedent procedural-law substantive-law supreme-court-precedent |
Whether federal courts are wrongfully developing
and applying federal case law in derogation of the U.S.
Constitution and the established U.S. Supreme… |