| 25-6588 |
Derek Skellchock v. Laurie K. Dean, Judge, 8th Judicial District Court, Larimer County, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause va-benefits |
1. Whether state judges are BOUND by the
Veterans Judicial Review Act (VJRA) Pub. Law
100-687 (1988) pursuant to Article I § 8 of the
Constitution,… |
| 25-828 |
The GEO Group, Inc., a Florida Corporation v. Ugochukwu Nwauzor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-13 |
Pending |
Amici (1) |
federal-preemption immigration-detention intergovernmental-immunity minimum-wage supremacy-clause work-program |
Whether the Supremacy Clause allows a state to reclassify federal immigration detainees participating in a federal work program as employees and there… |
| 25A802 |
Henry L. Klein, et al. v. Lewis Title Insurance Company, et al. |
Louisiana |
2026-01-12 |
Application |
|
federal-preemption insurance-regulation mccarran-ferguson state-law supremacy-clause title-insurance |
[1] Did the Louisiana Supreme Court err by counting
Christopher Columbus Day against Applicants in
computing the 14-day deadline for filing a Request … |
| 25A804 |
Duane A. Fairfax v. Tracey N. Martinez |
Virginia |
2026-01-12 |
Application |
|
contempt-enforcement federal-preemption spousal-support supremacy-clause va-disability veterans-benefits |
1. Whether the Supremacy Clause and 38 U.S.C. § 5301(a) prohibit a state court from enforcing spousal support through contempt, garnishment, or equiva… |
| 25-781 |
Donald Wenger v. James T. Warren, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-05 |
Pending |
Relisted (2) |
article-i-section-8 federal-preemption individual-liability subject-matter-jurisdiction uniformed-services-act veterans-judicial-review-act |
1. Whether state judges are BOUND by
the Uniformed Services Former
Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA)
Pub. Law 97-252 (1982) pursuant to
Article I §… |
| 25-636 |
Rahul Chaturvedi v. Siddharth Siddharth |
Massachusetts |
2025-12-03 |
Pending |
|
confidentiality federal-preemption interlocutory-appeal statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause trade-secrets |
1. Whether, under the Supremacy Clause, state courts may adjudicate contractual and property interests involving Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) prote… |
| 25A490 |
Kimberly Hanley, et al. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission |
Pennsylvania |
2025-10-29 |
Application |
|
administrative-law advanced-metering due-process federal-preemption privacy-rights utility-regulation |
Question not identified. |
| 25A464 |
The GEO Group, Inc., a Florida Corporation v. Ugochukwu Nwauzor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-23 |
Application |
|
federal-contractors federal-preemption immigration-detention intergovernmental-immunity minimum-wage voluntary-work-program |
Question not identified. |
| 25-503 |
Matthew D. McMaster v. Arthur McCracken, et al. |
Georgia |
2025-10-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-code federal-preemption lease-termination residential-lease state-court-ruling |
1. Whether the Bankruptcy Clause of the United States Constitution and 11 U.S.C. § 365(e)(1) preempt a state court ruling that a residential lease and… |
| 25-500 |
George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue |
Illinois |
2025-10-22 |
Denied |
|
disability-pay federal-preemption marital-settlement state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran… |
| 25-419 |
Shelby County, Iowa, et al. v. William Couser, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-07 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
circuit-conflict federal-preemption interstate-pipeline pipeline-safety-act safety-standard state-local-regulation |
Whether a state or local law regulating the location or routing of an interstate pipeline is a preempted "safety standard" under the Pipeline Safety A… |
| 25-242 |
City of Houston, Texas v. The Commons of Lake Houston, Ltd. |
Texas |
2025-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-preemption flood-management local-government-regulations national-flood-insurance-program property-takings texas-constitution |
Whether federal laws establishing and implementing the NFIP, when operating as intended, conflict with and thus preempt Article I, Section 17 of the T… |
| 25-5412 |
Ryan Daniel Richmond v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause controlled-substances federal-preemption marijuana-regulation necessary-and-proper-clause tax-deduction |
Whether 26 U.S.C. § 280E—which denies ordinary and necessary business deductions to enterprises trafficking in Schedule I controlled substances—may co… |
| 25-180 |
John Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC, et al. |
Louisiana |
2025-08-14 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (3) |
americans-with-disabilities-act federal-preemption healthcare-discrimination public-health-emergency rehabilitation-act state-procedural-law |
Whether a state procedural law that immunizes a healthcare provider from liability during a public health emergency may override a federal substantive… |
| 25A181 |
George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue |
Illinois |
2025-08-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
federal-preemption marital-settlement military-disability state-court-enforcement supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
Question not identified. |
| 25A152 |
Justin Saadein-Morales v. Westridge Swim & Racquet Club, INC. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-08-06 |
Presumed Complete |
|
automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay federal-preemption property-jurisdiction state-court-orders |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5187 |
Shantell Lewis v. Hernan Castro, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-tribunal civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-immunity veterans-benefits |
1. Does State Judges have Jurisdiction over Veterans Benefits?
2. Does Absolute Immunity Apply when a judge has acted criminally under color of state… |
| 24-1313 |
Jeremy N. Miller v. Casi A. Miller, et al. |
Tennessee |
2025-06-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure attorney-general-notice federal-preemption state-jurisdiction va-authority veterans-benefits |
I. The state of Tennessee requires a litigant to notify the state attorney general when a challenge to state law is made on grounds that it is unconst… |
| 24-1260 |
Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State v. Republican National Committee, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Granted |
Amici (28)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
ballot-submission election-day-statutes federal-preemption mail-in-voting state-election-law voting-rights |
The federal election-day statutes—2 U.S.C. § 7, 2 U.S.C. § 1, and 3 U.S.C. § 1—set the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in certain years as … |
| 24-1160 |
William R. Lott v. Maria V. Lott |
Virginia |
2025-05-13 |
Denied |
|
disability-pay divorce-proceedings federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran… |
| 24-1074 |
Entergy Arkansas, LLC v. Doyle Webb, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-04-14 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-law agency-order federal-preemption judicial-review regulatory-interpretation wholesale-tariff |
Whether the preemptive effect of a federal agency's order is an issue for courts to decide and cannot be controlled by the agency's opinion, or lack o… |
| 24-1072 |
Raizel Blumberger v. Ian B. Tilley, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-general-removal federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption health-center-liability public-health-service statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether, as the Ninth Circuit held, but contrary to the views of three other circuits, a defendant who disagrees with the Attorney General's timel… |
| 24-1060 |
Leticia T. Moreno, et al. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, et al. |
California |
2025-04-08 |
Denied |
|
alien-registration confidentiality federal-preemption immigration-law regulatory-authority standing |
Federal law fully occupies the field of alien registration. Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387, . 401 (2012). Congress, the Attorney General, and … |
| 24-1001 |
Cotter Corporation, et al. v. Nikki Steiner Mazzocchio, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-20 |
Pending |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
atomic-energy-act federal-preemption nuclear-safety price-anderson-act standard-of-care tort-liability |
Whether federal nuclear safety regulations preempt state tort standards of care in public liability actions. |
| 24-952 |
South Point Energy Center LLC v. Arizona Department of Revenue, et al. |
Arizona |
2025-03-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
federal-preemption indian-law non-indian-ownership statutory-interpretation tax-preemption trust-land |
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 provides that Indian trust "lands … shall be exempt from State and local taxation." 25 U.S.C. § 5108. It is sett… |
| 24-924 |
Winston Tyler Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-26 |
Granted |
Amici (17)Relisted (2) |
boyle-doctrine federal-preemption government-contractor military-activities state-law-negligence tort-claims |
Should Boyle be extended to allow federal interests emanating from the FTCA's combatant-activities exception to preempt state tort claims against a go… |
| 24-834 |
Evgeny Pistrak v. Kseniia Golubeva |
Washington |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-preemption immigration-law maintenance-obligations spousal-support state-court supremacy-clause |
1. Whether the Supremacy Clause and federal immigration law preempt a state court from imposing maintenance obligations solely because a spouse lacks … |
| 24-828 |
Ricky Durham v. Richard Adams, Warden |
Missouri |
2025-02-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
congressional-intent criminal-prosecution federal-preemption habeas-corpus postal-worker-protection supremacy-clause |
Whether the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution preempted the State of Missouri from the prosecution of a criminal defendant for the ki… |
| 24-817 |
Edward Lasseville v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
California |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alien-registration federal-preemption homeland-security immigration-law national-security state-regulation |
Whether federal preemption bars California's Immigration Consultants Act from regulating practitioners and others assisting in alien registration. |
| 24A745 |
American Airlines Group Inc. v. United States, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-01-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
airline-regulation consumer-protection federal-preemption interstate-commerce marketing-claims pricing-practices |
Question not identified. |
| 24A716 |
Clarence Cocroft, et al. v. Chris Graham, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
advertising-ban central-hudson commercial-speech federal-preemption first-amendment medical-marijuana |
Whether and to what extent this Court's Central Hudson factors apply to commercial speech uttered by state-legal medical marijuana businesses. |
| 24-652 |
David Cassirer, et al. v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-17 |
GVR |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
choice-of-law federal-preemption holocaust-art-restitution international-law nazi-looted-art sovereign-immunity |
In 2022, the Court in this case held that in an action under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a federal court must apply the forum state's choice… |
| 24-606 |
Christine A. Arakelian v. Ashley Pollard, et al. |
Virginia |
2024-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process federal-preemption state-court-procedure supremacy-clause |
1. Did the Prince William County Circuit Court err as a matter of federal, constitutional law when it did not grant the Petitioner's motion for partia… |
| 24-568 |
Michael J. Bost, et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-11-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (29)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
article-iii-standing election-law elections-clause electors-clause federal-preemption state-regulations |
The sole question presented here is whether
Petitioners, as federal candidates, have pleaded
sufficient factual allegations to show Article III
standi… |
| 24-5811 |
In Re Jeremy Edwards |
|
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-preemption liberty-interest state-jurisdiction |
1. Why am I Petitioning The U.S. Supreme Court?
2. Why I didn't exhaust state court remedies?
3. Why I didn't file in The U.S.District Court?
4. Wh… |
| 24-5808 |
Cyrus Hazari v. Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, et al. |
California |
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
ada-accommodation disability-discrimination federal-preemption judicial-standard legal-remedy pro-se-litigant |
1. Has one federal judge set the uniform national standard 1 for ending discrimination
based on disability, and 'impeached ' the state courts ' rules… |
| 24-303 |
Julian Javier Pimienta Dominguez v. Maria del Carmen Rendon Quijada |
Arizona |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
domicile-requirements federal-preemption immigration-law nonimmigrant-visa territorial-jurisdiction visa-status |
Whether federal law precludes the holder of a TD nonimmigrant visa from establishing domicile in Arizona. |
| 24A227 |
Treniss J. Evans v. Supreme Court of New York, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
campaign-finance constitutional-interpretation election-law federal-preemption prosecutorial-discretion supremacy-clause |
Question not identified. |
| 24-118 |
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Alan McClain, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Insurance Department, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
340b-drug-pricing-program administrative-enforcement administrative-law contract-pharmacies contract-pharmacy drug-pricing federal-preemption federal-regulation healthcare-policy state-preemption state-regulation statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in holding—in conflict with the decisions of other circuits and this Court—that a State may strip manufacturers of th… |
| 23-1076 |
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
emergency-medical-treatment federal-preemption health-care healthcare-law labor-act medical-emergency patient-stabilization preemption reproductive-rights state-law |
Whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395dd, preempts state law in the narrow but important circumstance where terminating… |
| 23-1066 |
Continuing Care Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Jacob Benson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
arbitration arbitration-rights civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act federal-preemption insurance-business insurance-regulation liability-risk-retention-act mccarran-ferguson-act preemption risk-retention-groups statutory-interpretation |
Can Arizona's anti-arbitration garnishment statute A.R.S. § 12-1584, which itself violates the Federal Arbitration Act, reverse preempt the Liability … |
| 23-999 |
Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko |
Virginia |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
collateral-estoppel disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-procedure preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience,
like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be
raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38
U.S.… |
| 23-952 |
Shell PLC, fka Royal Dutch Shell PLC, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
CVSGRelisted (2) |
clean-air-act climate-change constitutional-law federal-law federal-preemption foreign-emissions interstate-emissions preemption state-law |
1. Whether claims seeking damages for the effects of interstate and international emissions on the global climate are beyond the limits of state law a… |
| 23-947 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure climate-change environmental-law federal-preemption greenhouse-gas greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions standing state-law state-law-claims |
Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse… |
| 23-919 |
Kristin DiCroce v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-02-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
buckman-ruling buckman-v-plaintiffs-legal-committee circuit-court-interpretation federal-food-drug-cosmetic-act federal-preemption implied-preemption medtronic-precedent medtronic-v-lohr state-law-causes-of-action state-law-claims statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits' holdings that state law claims based on violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act are impliedly… |
| 23-788 |
Hope Medical Enterprises, Inc., dba Hope Pharmaceuticals v. Fagron Compounding Services, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split drug-regulation federal-law federal-preemption food-and-drug-administration preemption state-law state-rights statutory-interpretation |
Whether the FDCA preempts state laws prohibiting the in-state sale of unapproved drugs whose sale is also prohibited as a matter of federal law by the… |
| 23-787 |
Sierra Nevada Transportation, Inc. v. Nevada Transportation Authority |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-U.S.C.-1983 42-U.S.C.-1985 dormant-Commerce-Clause federal-licensing federal-preemption interstate-commerce public-necessity state-regulation transportation-services |
Does a federally-licensed limousine company state a valid claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 against state regulators for violating the… |
| 23-785 |
PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Mark Anthony Guthrie |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court civil-contempt debt-collection discharge-injunction federal-preemption preemption state-law-claims uniform-federal-law |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law claims premised on alleged efforts to collect a debt in violation of the bankruptcy court's discharge i… |
| 23-730 |
Anna Pezhman v. Bloomingdale's, Inc. |
New York |
2024-01-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-law civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 equitable-doctrine federal-preemption impartiality impartiality-doctrine judicial-intervention quota-system title-vii |
1. Does Federal Law pre-empt New York 's mandatory equitable doctrine of seeking court intervention in mid-arbitration proceedings to remedy arbitral … |
| 23A607 |
Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (1) |
border-patrol federal-preemption immigration-enforcement sovereign-immunity state-tort-law supremacy-clause |
Question not identified. |
| 23-698 |
City of Pasadena, Texas v. Crown Castle Fiber, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
equitable-action equity federal-preemption local-regulation network-infrastructure public-rights-of-way standing state-local-regulation telecommunications-act |
I. Whether 47 U.S.C. §253 allows a private party to sue a state or local government in equity to preempt a duly enacted state or local regulation wher… |
| 23-6380 |
Noel Austin v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-amendment due-process federal-preemption jurisdiction jurisdictional-barriers standing state-law supreme-court-review |
1. ) Whether this Honorable United States Supreme Court, pursuant Article III, once raised, is duty=hound to address the lower state court's deliberat… |
| 23-669 |
Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC, et al. v. Chad Marsh |
Massachusetts |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
conflict-preemption economic-regulation federal-preemption field-preemption iccta-preemption interstate-commerce massachusetts-prevailing-wage-act rail-transportation railroad-regulation state-wage-law |
Whether the ICCTA preempts Massachusetts' prevailing wage act for railroad maintenance workers. |
| 23-605 |
Erich M. Martin v. Raina L. Martin |
Nevada |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
collateral-estoppel due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-convenience preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.… |
| 23A470 |
Idaho v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (5) |
abortion emergency-medical-treatment federal-preemption medical-procedure preliminary-injunction state-law |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in vacating a panel stay of a preliminary injunction that enjoins Idaho's Defense of Life Act, which prohibits abortio… |
| 23A364 |
BP America Production Company, et al. v. Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, et al. |
Louisiana |
2023-10-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
coastal-erosion environmental-liability federal-preemption land-use oil-and-gas state-law |
Question not identified. |
| 23-368 |
Huntington Ingalls Incorporated v. Lynn Barrosse, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
exclusive-remedy federal-preemption longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act maritime-employee navigable-waters preemption state-law-tort state-law-tort-claim workers-compensation |
The question presented is whether the Fifth Circuit correctly held—in conflict with the decisions of other federal and state courts of appeals—that an… |
| 23-275 |
Nancy Avina v. Union Pacific Railroad |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1981 age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law federal-preemption preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation |
Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit, and if so when and in what way, claims under anti-discrimination statutes, such as th… |
| 23A260 |
Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko |
Virginia |
2023-09-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
federal-preemption marital-settlement-agreement military-retirement-pay supremacy-clause uniformed-services-former-spouses-protection-act veterans-disability-benefits |
Question not identified. |
| 23-258 |
Delaware Department of Insurance v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
business-of-insurance civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption insurance-regulation mccarran-ferguson-act preemption state-authority statutory-interpretation summons-power |
When determining whether a state insurance statute preempts a federal law of general application under the McCarran Ferguson Act, are the three statut… |
| 23-207 |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
engine-manufacturers federal-law federal-preemption national-meat ninth-circuit preemption product-standards sales-ban sales-bans state-standards tobacco-control-act |
Whether the Tobacco Control Act expressly preempts state and local laws that prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products. |
| 23-163 |
Blue Flame Medical LLC v. Chain Bridge Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-preemption federal-reserve fedwire-funds-service field-preemption interbank-payment regulation-j state-law-claims uniform-commercial-code wire-transfer |
Respondent Chain Bridge Bank, N.A., wired over $456 million out of petitioner Blue Flame Medical LLC's account without authorization. The question is … |
| 23-143 |
Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
Minnesota |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
california-standards california-waiver clean-air-act environmental-law federal-preemption maintenance-plans national-ambient-air-quality-standards nonattainment-areas state-regulation vehicle-emission-standards vehicle-emissions |
Whether, under Section 177 of the Clean Air Act, Minnesota qualifies to adopt California's vehicle emission standards when there are no areas in Minne… |
| 23-5134 |
Kenan Allen v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-supremacy discrimination due-process federal-preemption jurisdiction jurisdictional-barriers standing state-law |
1. ) Whether this Han arable United States Supreme Court, pursuant Article III, once raised, is duty-bound to address the lower state court's delibera… |
| 23A34 |
Oklahoma, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
commandeering-states federal-preemption horseracing-integrity-and-safety-act private-entity-delegation tenth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 23-41 |
Ann Marie Borges, et al. v. County of Mendocino, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cannabis-property-rights commerce-clause constitutional-amendments due-process federal-preemption federalism gonzales-v-raich property-rights stare-decisis state-sovereignty |
On March 6, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit filed it's unpublished memorandum affirming the district court order dismis… |
| 22-1180 |
Shire U.S., Inc., et al. v. Mark Blackburn |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
drug-labeling fda-preapproval FDA-regulations federal-preemption pliva-v-mensing preemption prescription-drugs state-law-claim state-law-claims unilateral-change unilateral-label-changes |
Whether a state-law claim is preempted if it places a duty on a drug manufacturer to unilaterally change FDA-approved language that appears in the Hig… |
| 22-7667 |
In Re Rajni Shaw |
|
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitution due-process federal-preemption standing supremacy-clause |
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under color of law. Becuse 3od the 1th Amendment bors the state
fm… |
| 22-1094 |
Mandy Mobley Li v. Chao Li |
Georgia |
2023-05-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-support child-support-modification due-process equal-protection exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction preemption |
The Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (FFCCSOA) grants continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to a court of a State to modify its child s… |
| 22-1089 |
Ray James Foster v. Deborah Lynn Foster |
Michigan |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
|
38-usc-5301 collateral-estoppel disability-benefits disability-law federal-preemption judicial-convenience res-judicata state-court-doctrine veterans-benefits |
1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.… |
| 22-1069 |
Benefit Strategies West, Inc., et al. v. Roger Naumann, et al. |
Arizona |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure erisa-jurisdiction erisa-plan-administration erisa-preemption erisa-statutory-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption participant-claims plan-administration state-court-jurisdiction trustee-rights |
The Ninth Circuit, stepping out from the other circuits, rendered federal jurisdictional decisions in Paulsen v. CNF, Inc. and Bafford v. Northrup Gru… |
| 22-7302 |
Derek Skellchock v. Alora-Ann Volz |
Colorado |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
collateral-estoppel disability-compensation federal-preemption judicial-review res-judicata state-court-jurisdiction state-domestic-relations supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
1. Where the federal agency with "exclusive jurisdiction" over "all questions of law and fact" concerning a dependent's claim for a portion of a veter… |
| 22-1006 |
Prime Insurance Company v. Darnell Wright |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split federal-preemption financial-responsibility interstate-transportation intrastate-journey motor-carriers statutory-interpretation transportation |
Whether a trip of an empty truck between two locations in the same state qualifies as "transportation of property … between a place in a State and … a… |
| 22-715 |
Chevron USA, Inc., et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-procedure federal-officer-removal federal-preemption national-emergency oil-production statutory-interpretation war-powers wwii |
1. Whether a private entity is "acting under" a federal officer for purposes of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1442 when federal officials, through orders … |
| 22-699 |
Council for Education and Research on Toxics v. California Chamber of Commerce |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
federal-preemption first-amendment petition-rights preliminary-injunction prior-restraint public-interest-lawsuit public-interest-lawsuits state-court |
1. Does a preliminary injunction issued by a district judge enjoining a state attorney general and nongovernmental organizations from filing public in… |
| 22-698 |
Andrew Cohen, et al. v. Apple Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law cellphone-radiation civil-procedure fcc-regulations federal-preemption federal-regulations health-and-safety preemption radiation-safety state-health-law telecommunications-law |
Are state health and safety laws impliedly preempted, under a purposes-and-objectives theory, by the FCC's procedural guidelines for reporting how muc… |
| 22-568 |
Jeffrey A. Cochran v. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
artful-pleading circuit-split class-action federal-preemption material-fact material-facts misrepresentation securities-litigation securities-litigation-uniform-standards-act securities-regulation slusa |
1. Whether SLUSA bars a state-law class action "alleging a misrepresentation or omission of a material fact" when the complaint contains no such alleg… |
| 22-6338 |
Lucas Michael McNulty-Snodgrass v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congressional-intent contraband drug-possession federal-preemption federalism jurisdictional-conflict Question not identified. separation-of-powers state-sovereignty |
1.) "Since methamphetamine and fentanyl, i.e., illicit drugs et al., are considered "contraband," and contraband is not
'considered a proper article o… |
| 22-6248 |
Paul Tay v. Michelle Diane Tilley Nichols, et al. |
Oklahoma |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anti-commandeering anti-commandeering-doctrine controlled-substances-act election-activities federal-preemption indian-treaties marijuana marijuana-regulation state-jurisdiction treaty-law |
Does the Controlled Substances Act preempt State consent to use, possession, cultivation, processing, transportation, and sale of marijuana and any of… |
| 22-523 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-06 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution |
1. Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the … |
| 22-472 |
Association des Éleveurs de Cananards et D'oies du Quebéc, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (2) |
dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption impossibility-preemption ingredient-preemption ingredient-requirements poultry-products poultry-products-inspection-act state-regulation usda-approval usda-regulation |
All poultry products — from chicken tenders to foie gras — must pass federal inspection for sale in commerce under the Poultry Products Inspection Act… |
| 22-471 |
Consumer Data Industry Association v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split consumer-reports fair-credit-reporting-act federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law statutory-interpretation uniform-standards |
Whether FCRA broadly preempts state laws "relating to" the "subject matters" expressly described in 15 U.S.C. §1681t(b)(1), or narrowly preempts state… |
| 22-401 |
Alaska v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law alaska-national-interest-lands-conservation-act federal-preemption hunting-regulations national-wildlife-refuge state-authority state-police-powers statutory-interpretation wildlife-management |
Does ANILCA, which sought to preserve the
State's traditional police powers over wildlife, grant
federal agencies plenary authority to preempt state
l… |
| 22-5932 |
Nick Casavelli, et ux. v. Donna Johanson, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary T. Johanson, Deceased |
Arizona |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-justice administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption legislative-standard service-of-process standing state-legislation substantive-review vexatious-litigant |
Can states pass laws that challenge the power of Congress to regulate constitutional rights?
If the State of Arizona can legally apply the Arizona Re… |
| 22-5798 |
Gregory K. Parsons v. Connie K. Copeland Parsons, et al. |
Texas |
2022-10-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
apportionment-claims disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption judicial-review military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction takings veterans-benefits |
1. In Rose v . Rose , 481 U .S. 619, 641- 642; 107 S . Ct. 2029; 95 L . Ed. 2d 599 (1987) , Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion:
I am not… |
| 22-5755 |
Ervin Carter v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitution constitutional-protection court-transfer federal-preemption judicial-review jurisdiction lower-court state-law transfer |
1. ) Whether this Honorable United States Supreme Court 'must "
investigate and resolve jurisdiction if raised by one of the petitioning
party(ies) … |
| 22-156 |
David Douglas Fennell v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-SLAPP-law civil-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection federal-preemption free-speech jury-trial jury-trial-rights political-assembly right-to-assemble |
Is California's anti-SLAPP law which allows California to ban Republicans from assembling and running for office as a "matter of public interest" in v… |
| 22-78 |
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Curtis Ulleseit, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-preemption fraudulent-joinder jurisdictional-review preemption summary-inquiry |
Whether courts may refuse to perform more than a summary inquiry to determine if defendants are fraudulently joined due to a pure issue of federal law… |
| 21-8004 |
Kofi Adomako Ohene Kyei v. Oregon Division of Child Support |
Oregon |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-order civil-rights commerce-clause due-process federal-preemption injunction interstate-commerce judicial-injunction license-suspension |
1. Whether the State's administrative order to suspend a federally governed license, squarely against the directives of a judicial court injunction or… |
| 21-1447 |
Estate of Gabriel Miranda, Jr., et al. v. Navistar, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
emergency-exit federal-preemption legislative-history legislative-intent motor-vehicle-safety school-bus-safety state-law statutory-interpretation |
Does Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217 ("FMVSS 217") prohibit a greater level of safety by statutorily making it physically impossible for… |
| 21-1388 |
Best Payphones, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of New York, et al. |
New York |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-communications-commission federal-preemption payphone-service payphone-services preemption public-service-commission state-regulation state-requirements tariff-compliance telecommunications-act telecommunications-act-1996 |
Is the finding of the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Thi… |
| 21-1368 |
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative v. PJM Interconnection, LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arising-under-jurisdiction civil-rights federal-preemption federal-regulatory-agency filed-rate-doctrine substantial-federal-question supremacy-clause tariff-regulation well-pleaded-complaint-rule |
In this case, Petitioner asks the Court to resolve lower-court confusion arising from the intersection of two Court-created principles: the "substanti… |
| 21-7678 |
Robert Elton v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
arizona-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure edwards-v-vannoy federal-preemption indian-country judicial-jurisdiction mcculloch-v-maryland preemption state-court-powers tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a State's contortion of Edwards v. Vannoy (2021) to delimit Indian Country powers into new rules of criminal procedure can be permitted to … |
| 21-1346 |
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, et al. v. Central Maine Power Company |
Maine |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
|
administrative-agency administrative-law civil-procedure federal-aviation-administration federal-preemption judicial-review no-hazard-determination regulatory-determination state-law |
Whether the issuance of a non-binding "No Hazard Determination" by the Federal Aviation Admin-istration preempts the application of state law, despite… |
| 21-1298 |
Leonard Albrecht, et al. v. Riverside County, California, et al. |
California |
2022-03-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
federal-preemption indian-lands indian-reorganization-act leasehold-interest reservation-rights state-taxation tax-preemption tribal-sovereignty |
Although this Court has made clear that federal law preempts state and local governments from imposing real-property taxes on Indian lands, some of th… |
| 21-1245 |
O'Donnell & Sons, Inc. v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, et al. |
New York |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
|
exemption federal-credit-union federal-credit-union-act federal-preemption mortgage-recording mortgage-recording-tax preemption state-tax statutory-interpretation taxation |
Whether the Federal Credit Union Act—which
exempts federal credit unions "from all taxation" other
than taxes on credit unions' real property and tang… |
| 21-7361 |
Terry G. Watson v. Karey L. Witty, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ada administrative-procedure disability-accommodation federal-preemption health-care incarceration supremacy-clause title-38 title-38-benefits veterans-rights |
1. Whéthér a veteran and his family are entitled to a policy by the Missouri Department of Corrections upholding statutory rights created under Title … |
| 21-7017 |
Kenneth Lynn Funkhouser v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-preemption habeas-corpus habeas-jurisprudence indian-lands jurisdictional-challenge mcbratney-draper-rule public-law-83-280 retroactivity-jurisprudence subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio |
Does Oklahoma's 1906 Federal Enabling Act preempt the State from exercising jurisdiction over "Indian lands"—despite race—thus rendering petitioner's … |
| 21-6971 |
Byron Case v. Douglas County, Oregon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-preemption military-benefits military-disability spousal-support state-court-jurisdiction state-courts supremacy-clause veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Weather federal law(s) 10 U.S.C. § 1408 and 38 U.S.C. § 5301 can be overridden by state law(s) regarding military veterans ' disability income or asse… |
| 21-895 |
John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation |
Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt
State firearms laws that prohibit the transport,
carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified
Retired L… |
| 21-6596 |
Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause tenth-amendment veterans-benefits veterans-disability |
1. Whether Superior Court State of Arizona, Maricopa County, without authority, lacked jurisdiction of subject matter, and personal jurisdiction to he… |
| 21-867 |
Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. Badilla, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
civil-rights combatant-activities due-process federal-preemption federal-tort-claims-act military military-operations preemption statutory-interpretation tort-claims |
Whether state-law tort claims that arise out of the
uniquely federal sphere of the military's combat operations are preempted by the interests embodie… |
| 21-702 |
Shahen Minassian v. Seda Galstian Aghaian, et al. |
California |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
equitable-remedy executive-orders executive-power federal-preemption illegal-contract international-emergency-economic-powers-act international-trade-sanctions iran-sanctions iranian-transactions-and-sanctions-regulations national-security |
Whether a state court may fashion an equitable remedy for enforcement of an illegal contract for services concerning blocked property prohibited by in… |
| 21-279 |
Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd. v. Mark Boughton |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
|
dormant-commerce-clause due-process extraterritorial-effect extraterritorial-regulation federal-preemption indian-commerce private-business-data private-data state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause |
1. Whether Connecticut impermissibly regulates or controls conduct beyond the
boundaries of the State in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause when… |
| 21-194 |
California Trucking Association, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-11 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (3) |
federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-owner-operator independent-owner-operators motor-carrier motor-carriers preemption state-law statutory-interpretation trucking-services workforce-law |
The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act ("FA") expressly preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service, of any motor carrie… |
| 21-5330 |
Laura Marie Scott v. Nandan Patel, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-exemption civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption michigan-v-long monroe-v-pape standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tax trustee-liquidation |
Does enjoining both courts in contradictory reliance on faux removal of a 100% exempt parcel (11 U.S.C.) revested in Petitioner before removal from th… |
| 21-111 |
NC Financial Solutions of Utah, LLC v. Virginia, ex rel. Mark R. Herring, Attorney General |
Virginia |
2021-07-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-interpretation due-process federal-preemption individual-relief litigation-exception non-signatory standing state-attorney-general |
Whether a state attorney general who is not a signatory to an arbitration agreement may bring claims that are covered by the agreement and seek indivi… |
| 21-5195 |
M. T. Q. v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Texas |
2021-07-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-benefits state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
1. In Rose v. Rose , 481 U.S. 619, 641-642 (1987), Justice Scalia stated in his
concurring opinion:
"I am not persuaded that if the Administrator [now… |
| 21-61 |
CHS-Glenwell Inc., et al. v. Ohio Department of Medicaid |
Ohio |
2021-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-deference due-process federal-preemption federal-regulation judicial-deference judicial-review medicaid-agency medicare state-medicaid |
1. Is a state Medicaid agency entitled to deference in judicial review of the agency's interpretation of an unambiguous, inapplicable federal Medicare… |
| 21-44 |
Kevin Lee Boutte v. Yvonne Renea Boutte |
Louisiana |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
|
disability-pay federal-preemption federal-statute military-benefits military-powers res-judicata supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-rights |
The Supreme Court of Louisiana denied Petitioner's appeal on purely state law grounds of estoppel and res judicata in affirming a Court of Appeals' op… |
| 20-1744 |
Google, Inc., et al. v. John Doe, et al. |
California |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure federal-preemption labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlra-jurisdiction penalties preemption state-law-claims statutory-preemption |
Where plaintiff has sought and obtained relief under the National Labor Relations Act, does the Act preempt plaintiff's state-law claim for penalties … |
| 20-8298 |
Henry Frederick Ramey, Jr. v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County, et al. |
California |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
cdc-declaration cdc-eviction-moratorium civil-procedure due-process eviction-moratorium federal-preemption jurisdiction nationwide-importance unlawful-detainer writ-of-mandamus |
Did the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two, err in an of issue of nationwide importance, and refused to grant a Writ … |
| 20-1521 |
Yann Iannucci v. Macomb County Friend of the Court |
Michigan |
2021-04-30 |
Denied |
|
child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
1. In Rose v. Rose, 481 U.S. 619, 641-642 (1987), Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion:
"I am not persuaded that if the Administrator [now… |
| 20-1502 |
Abdikarim Karrani v. JetBlue Airways Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
air-carrier-discrimination air-transportation cat's-paw cat's-paw-doctrine civil-rights discrimination federal-preemption preemption statutory-interpretation transportation-law |
1. Is 49 US.C. § 44092(b) inapplicable to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 cases?
2. Should the "cat's paw" analysis of Staub v. Proctor Hosp., 562 U.S. 411 (2011) b… |
| 20-1511 |
Dax Elliot Carpenter v. Julie Elizabeth Carpenter |
Michigan |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
|
child-support disability-benefits federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause va-benefits veterans-benefits |
1. Congress's enumerated military powers preempt
all state law concerning disposition of military
benefits. Howell v. Howell, 137 S. Ct. 1400, 1404,
1… |
| 20-1483 |
Philip Pilevsky, et al. v. Sutton 58 Associates LLC |
New York |
2021-04-22 |
Dismissed |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-code federal-law federal-preemption legal-proceedings liability-based-on-bankruptcy misuse-of-bankruptcy preemption state-law state-law-tort-claims tort-claims |
Whether the federal Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law tort claims that are premised on an alleged misuse of bankruptcy proceedings or that seek to im… |
| 20-1425 |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. v. Allen Miller |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
civil-rights common-law-negligence due-process federal-preemption motor-carrier safety-regulation statutory-interpretation transportation transportation-law |
The question presented is whether a common-law negligence claim against a freight broker is preempted because it does not constitute an exercise of th… |
| 20-1332 |
Eric D. Speidell, et al. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-24 |
Denied |
|
cannabis-legality civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-law-investigation federal-preemption isr-summons standing state-legalization supremacy-clause warrant-requirement |
1. Under the Supremacy Clause, does Colorado's expressly state legal sales of cannabis violate the Controlled Substances Act?
2. Did Congress, under … |
| 20-1329 |
Macarieto I. Trayvilla, et al. v. Japan Airlines, et al. |
New York |
2021-03-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
act-of-state-doctrine airlines federal-preemption foreign-relations judicial-review passport-entry separation-of-powers sovereign-state statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether the State Appellate Court's order that invalidates and defies the "act of state" of the Philippines (act of state of the Philippines allowi… |
| 20-1264 |
Fusion IV Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dba Axia Pharmaceutical, et al. v. Anne Sodergren |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commerce-clause compounding-quality-act drug-quality-and-security-act drug-regulation fdca-preemption federal-outsourcing-facilities federal-oversight federal-preemption outsourcing-facilities state-licensing state-licensing-requirements |
Whether 21 U.S.C. §353b of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act "FDCA" (the "Compounding Quality Act" which is part of the "Drug Quality and Securi… |
| 20-7432 |
Kevin Leon Lucien v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility federal-law federal-preemption prosecutorial-discretion state-law |
Whether a state's own articles of law can supercede federal law to further prosecute a defendant in regards to admissable and inadmissable evidence th… |
| 20-1133 |
Nicholas L. Triantos v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE4, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federalism mgc-93a remand separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that one Count under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was sufficient to confer Federal Jurisdic… |
| 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,… |
| 20-965 |
Balubhai Patel, et al. v. Manuel Chavez |
California |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 anti-SLAPP anti-SLAPP-statute attorney-fees civil-rights civil-rights-statute federal-preemption fee-shifting preemption supremacy-clause |
Whether California's anti-SLAPP statute's mandatory attorney fee shifting provisions in favor of a prevailing defendant conflicts with, and stands as … |
| 20-635 |
Soo Line Railroad Company, dba Canadian Pacific v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act jurisdiction preemption rail-corporation state-law termination-act |
Whether the court of appeals erroneously held that the exemption provision of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (49 U.S.C. § 11321(a)… |
| 20-495 |
Charee Stanley v. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cba-interpretation circuit-split federal-preemption federal-statutory-claims mandatory-arbitration preemption railway-labor-act title-vii undue-hardship |
1. Whether, and under what circumstances, claims arising under federal statute are subject to the RLA's mandatory arbitration requirement.
2. Whether… |
| 20-5869 |
Michael Robert Everett v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-law federal-preemption judgment-rendition reclassification sentencing state-law |
DURING THE CHARGE IS RECLASSIFIED FROM ONE VARYING DEGREE OFFENSE TO ANOTHER, DOES THIS FINDING RENEW THE BURTON V. STEWART, FERREIRA V. SEC'Y DEP'T O… |
| 20-324 |
Peter J. Barclay v. Oregon Department of Justice, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-sovereignty federal-preemption judicial-accountability judicial-immunity stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-injunction statutory-injunctions supervisory-powers |
Will this Court exercise its supervisory powers against lower court judgments which expressly hold the stare decisis of this Court "irrelevant" and wh… |
| 20-5637 |
Limmia Page v. New York |
New York |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizen-arrest citizen's-arrest civil-rights color-of-law customs-and-border-patrol federal-preemption fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure unreasonable-search vehicle-stop |
Whether a citizen loses the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures because an on-duty federal agent acting under color of law makes … |
| 20-267 |
Sean Braunstein v. Jericka Braunstein |
New Hampshire |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
child-support disability-benefits federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction military-compensation military-powers supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-judicial-review-act |
1. Where Congress's enumerated military powers
preempt all state law concerning disposition of
military benefits, and Congress has not affirmatively
g… |
| 20-178 |
Anne Prafada v. Mesa Unified School District |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-to-defraud due-process educational-law equal-protection federal-preemption free-speech standing supplemental-jurisdiction |
Whether fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy to defraud are preempted, when the Educational federal statutes touch a field in which the federal… |
| 20-166 |
Michael Scott Anglesey, et al. v. Allied Professionals Insurance Company, A Risk Retention Group, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
arbitration-clause arbitration-clauses consumer-protection federal-preemption insurance-contract liability-risk-retention-act mccarran-ferguson-act risk-retention-group state-insurance-regulation state-law |
1. As to a risk retention group (RRG), does the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 (LRRA), 15 U.S.C. §3901 et seq., preempt authority of the… |
| 20-109 |
Scott Schwab, Secretary of State of Kansas v. Steven Wayne Fish, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-08-03 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
citizenship-requirement constitutional-law election-law federal-preemption national-voter-registration-act voter-registration voting-rights |
The Kansas Constitution establishes United States citizenship as a qualification to vote and directs the Legislature to provide for proof of eligibili… |
| 20-70 |
Jagan Mahadevan v. Prem Bikkina |
California |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights defamation due-process federal-preemption first-amendment free-speech public-concern public-interest research-misconduct scientific-integrity standing |
1. Whether federal statutory and regulatory scheme, for research misconduct, displaced state law from subject matter jurisdiction on defamation claims… |
| 20-17 |
Wade Robertson v. Richard A. Honn, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-1963 civil-procedure constitutional-challenge federal-judgment-registration federal-preemption fraud-on-court judgment-registration registration-court rendering-court state-proceeding void-judgment younger-abstention |
Whether a registration court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963, has the power to amend or annul the judgment of the rendering court so registered, a quest… |
| 19-1441 |
City of Austin, Texas v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption preemption standing state-preemption supremacy-clause |
Under Ex parte Young, is a state official a proper defendant in a federal declaratory judgment challenge under the Supremacy Clause to the validity of… |
| 19-1298 |
Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections, et al. v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. |
Oklahoma |
2020-05-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
ad-valorem-tax bracker-balancing-test federal-preemption government-interests indian-gaming-regulatory-act non-indian-entity non-indian-property state-taxation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a generally applicable state ad valorem
tax, as assessed against personal property owned by a
non-Indian, out-of-state corporate entity and le… |
| 19-1285 |
Andrea Lea, Arkansas State Auditor v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-05-13 |
Denied |
|
contract-law escheatment federal-preemption property-rights savings-bonds takings-clause treasury-regulations us-savings-bonds |
1. Whether the federal statute, regulations, and contractual provisions governing the transfer and redemption of United States Savings Bonds preempt t… |
| 19-1279 |
Jake LaTurner, Kansas State Treasurer v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
|
abandoned-property bond-ownership bond-redemption due-process escheat escheat-power federal-law federal-preemption preemption redemption savings-bonds state-sovereignty treasury-regulations |
1. Whether States that have exercised their
historic power to escheat title to abandoned United
States savings bonds may redeem those bonds as
success… |
| 19-1215 |
Steven Sussex, et ux. v. City of Tempe, Arizona |
Arizona |
2020-04-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure enabling-act federal-defense federal-enabling-act federal-law federal-preemption judicial-procedure jurisdiction property-rights quiet-title state-law |
In a quiet title proceeding, can the trial court apply state law to bar a defense that the plaintiff's title is "null and void" under the federal Ariz… |
| 19-8075 |
S. Patrick Mendel v. UBER Technologies, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antitrust federal-authority-transportation federal-preemption interstate-commerce intrastate-rates intrastate-routes intrastate-services passenger-transportation public-safety regulatory-conflict transportation-network-companies |
Briefly, federal authority over intrastate transportation provides:
• ... no State ... shall enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard, or … |
| 19-7774 |
Ronald Muhammad v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-circuit federal-preemption judicial-review precedent preemption reconciliation standing |
1. Is the 7th circuits decision appropriate for this courts review, and if so why must this court hear and decide this?
2. Would any irreparable harm… |
| 19-1031 |
Erin Capron, et al. v. Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. |
First Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
cultural-exchange federal-preemption federal-regulations foreign-policy immigration labor-laws state-regulation |
Whether federal law preempts the application of state and local labor laws to the terms and conditions of participation in the federal au pair program… |
| 19-7623 |
Sinyo Silkeutsabay, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cannabis-regulation civil-rights controlled-substances court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-preemption federal-response medical-marijuana state-law state-legalization washington-marijuana-laws washington-state-law |
Did the Courts below err in their analysis of Washington State law governing growing and selling medical marijuana? |
| 19-856 |
Los Angeles County, California v. Trina Ray, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-preemption labor-law non-enforcement-policy overtime-wages sovereign-immunity state-action state-agency |
Respondents, on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated home care workers in the State of California's In-Home Supportive Services ("IHSS") … |
| 19-830 |
Effex Capital, LLC, et al. v. National Futures Association, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-01-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commodities-exchange-act federal-agency federal-preemption implied-conflict-preemption implied-preemption national-futures-association obstacle-preemption regulatory-obstacle self-regulatory-organization state-law-tort state-law-tort-claims |
1. Whether the Seventh Circuit wrongly expanded
the doctrine of implied conflict preemption by
holding that an obstacle could form the basis of pree… |
| 19-6989 |
George Calvin Belt v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law child-support federal-authority federal-legislation federal-preemption state-authority state-law-conflict state-legislation state-statute supremacy-clause unemployment-benefits |
QUESTION 1.
A.
How it is possible that the State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Child Support Program
(hereinafter referred to as DOR CSP) can enf… |
| 19-752 |
Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adjudicatory-procedure administrative-law civil-enforcement civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation |
If state statutes create an adjudicatory procedure that is contrary to the exclusive civil enforcement mechanism under the Employee Retirement Income … |
| 19-735 |
William Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut v. Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
federal-aviation-act federal-preemption political-subdivision preemption runway-length standing standing-to-sue state-regulation state-sovereignty supremacy-clause |
Does a political subdivision of a State have standing to sue its creator State under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution?
Does the… |
| 19-6886 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Superior Court of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-09 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-infirmity coram-nobis equal-rights federal-preemption foreign-policy immigration-law post-conviction-relief |
Q.1 DOES COMMONWEALTH V. DESCARDES, 136 A.3d 493 (Pa. 2016) VIOLATE FEDERAL PREEMPTION IN FOREIGN POLICY AND IMMIGRATION LAW?
Q2. ARE THE FOLLOWING P… |
| 19-711 |
Missouri, ex rel. Darrin Lamasa v. Michael Wright, Associate Circuit Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit, Warren County, Missouri |
Missouri |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-law due-process federal-preemption marbury-v-madison medical-marijuana rational-basis-review statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether Missouri's medical marijuana law (Mo. Const. art. XIV) is preempted by the federal statute.
II. If not, since there is no verdict director… |
| 19-550 |
Kimberly Watso, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure chevron-deference child-services civil-rights federal-preemption indian-child-welfare-act parental-custody state-agency-rules tribal-jurisdiction tribal-rights |
Whether the lower court improperly deferred to the Indian Child Services Department Manual over state agency rules and interpretations of the Indian C… |
| 19-532 |
United States v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (14) |
anti-commandeering civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law information-sharing intergovernmental-immunity preemption sb-54 state-enforcement state-law |
Whether provisions of California law that, with certain limited exceptions, prohibit state law-enforcement officials from providing federal immigratio… |
| 19-6246 |
Shafia M. Jones v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alford-plea bank-robbery criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause |
1. Whether state law that interferes with and conflicts with the Federal Bank Robbery Act and Federal Stat18 USCS § 2113, that was intended to ue comp… |
| 19-386 |
Monroe County Commission v. A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited, et al. |
Alabama |
2019-09-23 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption interim-trail-use interim-use national-trails-system-act rail-line-abandonment railroad-abandonment railroad-right-of-way surface-transportation-board trail-conversion |
Whether federal law giving the STB exclusive jurisdiction over abandonment of rail lines and expressly stating that conversion of a railroad right-of-… |
| 19-352 |
Robin Brindle, et al. v. Delta Airlines, Inc., et al. |
Rhode Island |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
airline-deregulation airline-deregulation-act civil-procedure federal-law federal-preemption labor-law local-wage-regulation preemption state-regulation state-wage-regulation transportation transportation-law wage-regulation |
Whether the preemption provision of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, 49 U.S.C. § 41713(b)(1), exempts airlines from state and local wage regulati… |
| 19-339 |
Eugene J. Sonnier, II v. Catholic Foundation of The Diocese of Lafayette, et al. |
Louisiana |
2019-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
armed-forces congressional-intent dis-internment federal-law federal-preemption military-benefits military-remains preemption remains-disposition service-member-rights state-statute |
Whether Louisiana's dis-internment statute, La. R.S. 8:659, is preempted by Title 10 U.S.C. § 1482, and whether the state statute is in direct conflic… |
| 19-314 |
Robert T. Chiu v. Jui-Chien Lin |
California |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law due-process federal-preemption legal-enforceability public-policy state-law statutory-interpretation |
Is an Agreement whose main purpose is to allow someone to circumvent and violate Federal law legal and enforceable under State law? |
| 19-271 |
Catherine Stouffer, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company |
Texas |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-deference federal-agency-deference federal-highway-administration federal-preemption federal-railroad-administration federal-regulations railroad-safety regulatory-interpretation state-federal-agreement state-law-claims state-railroad-agreement state-railroad-agreements warning-time |
Should this Court grant, vacate, and remand because the court below did not interpret 49 C.F.R. 234.225 in the manner that Kisor requires?
Should FRA… |
| 19-259 |
Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. |
California |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
|
berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
1. How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination?
2. P… |
| 19-129 |
Neil Feinberg, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-policy drug-trafficking federal-preemption federalism interstate-commerce irs-tax-code marijuana-legalization preemption state-legalization state-rights tax-law |
Did the Tenth Circuit err in holding that the Controlled Substances Act superseded and preempted Colorado marijuana laws? |
| 18-9847 |
Lawrence J. Petitta v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-limitations contract-clause contract-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy jurisdictional-conflict plea-bargain police-power sovereign-authority state-authority state-law supremacy-clause |
Is THERE A "CONFLIT BF LAW" WHEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MADE LAWS THAT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VIOLATED THE STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS SET-FORTH IN ARTICLE 1 … |
| 18-1565 |
Matt A. Rogers v. SWEPI LP, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitrability arbitration-provision arbitration-validity contract-formation contract-validity delegation-of-arbitrability federal-law federal-preemption first-options-standard prima-paint-doctrine severability severability-doctrine state-law |
1. Whether the severability doctrine first announced in Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co., 388 U.S. 395, 402-05 (1967), applies in determi… |
| 18-1537 |
Youras Ziankovich v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding due-process federal-agency federal-agency-practice federal-preemption free-speech interstate-practice legal-ethics license-suspension preemption professional-conduct professional-misconduct standing state-licensing supremacy-clause |
Petitioner is a lawyer licensed by the State of New York and duly authorized to practice before the U.S Department of Homeland Security pursuant to th… |
| 18-9582 |
In Re E. Edward Zimmermann |
|
2019-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
civil-rights due-process employment-conditions federal-preemption federalism government-regulation labor-law labor-relations labor-rights national-labor-relations-act statutory-interpretation workplace-governance |
Are "terms and conditions of employment and working conditions" as defined by The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), subject matter left to free peo… |
| 18A1247 |
The Depot, Inc, et al. v. Caring for Montanans, Inc., fka Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
employee-benefits erisa federal-preemption health-benefit-plan insurance-regulation ninth-circuit |
Question not identified. |
| 18-9449 |
Nicole R. McCrea v. District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ada ada-preemption americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-law employment-discrimination equal-employment-opportunity equal-employment-opportunity-commission family-medical-leave-act federal-preemption federal-statute fmla police-and-firefighters-retirement-and-disability- state-law wca workers-compensation workman's-compensation-act |
Does the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), a federal statute, supersede a Workman's Compensation Act ("WCA"), such as the Pol… |
| 18-9090 |
Virginia Howard v. San Diego County Counsel, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption homestead homestead-exemption lis-pendens mechanic-liens municipal-liability property-recording real-property supremacy-clause supremacy-of-federal-law title-42 title-42-section-1983 |
Question #1
Are the Recorders failure omissions to register, record, docket or index documents
regarding real property) make offices, counties, paris… |
| 18-1302 |
Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-541 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-estate-property-rights bankruptcy-jurisprudence bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split federal-preemption federal-rule-1016 federal-rule-of-bankruptcy-procedure-1016 federal-statute property-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
1. Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 … |
| 18-8671 |
Glynndeavin Von Fox v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation federal-consent federal-preemption federal-questions international-law judicial-access judicial-review medical-access senate-ratification separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction treaty-power us-constitution |
Can a State Court answer federal questions of an International Country in Japan, regarding judicial access to documents, or medical access to document… |
| 18-1246 |
BNSF Railway Company, et al. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, et al. |
Montana |
2019-03-26 |
Dismissed |
Amici (2) |
bad-faith bad-faith-claims federal-framework federal-preemption fela fela-preemption litigation-conduct railroad-liability self-insured-employer state-law-liability |
Whether FELA preempts bad-faith claims under Montana law that seek to impose state-law liability based on the litigation conduct of a self-insured emp… |
| 18-8305 |
Nausheen Zainulabeddin v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
commerce-clause disability-discrimination diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-preemption fourteenth-amendment property-rights regulatory-taking sovereign-immunity |
Did the lower court violate Commerce Clause of the constitution of Article 1, section 8, Clause 3; when it denied principal's interest to maintain uni… |
| 18-1140 |
Avco Corporation v. Jill Sikkelee, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Sikkelee, Deceased, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
aircraft-design aviation-safety design-defect federal-aviation-act federal-preemption field-preemption impossibility-preemption preemption product-liability state-law |
Whether the Federal Aviation Act preempts state-law design-defect claims. |
| 18-1106 |
Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-25 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law administrative-review administrative-review-process clean-water-act federal-preemption federalism finality-standard natural-gas-act preemption state-finality-standard state-law tenth-amendment |
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires an
applicant for an interstate natural gas pipeline project
to obtain "a certification from the State in w… |
| 18-1097 |
SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation |
1. Is a state law exempt from the Dormant
Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce?
2. Is a state law exem… |
| 18-1094 |
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, et al. v. Joe R. Whatley, Jr., WD Trustee |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
|
cargo-damage carmack-amendment circuit-split federal-preemption limitations-period limitations-periods notice-of-claim notice-requirements rail-carrier-liability uniform-bill-of-lading |
The Carmack Amendment ("Carmack") provides
the exclusive remedy for shippers to hold rail carriers
liable for damage to cargo. Under the federally req… |
| 18-7911 |
Albert Miklos Kun v. State Bar of California |
California |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
11th-amendment 14th-amendment bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption federalism fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-bar Whether petitioner's right to protection by the Eq Whether petitioner's rights protected by the Due P Whether the California Supreme Court may order pay |
Whether California waived its sovereign immunity to the Bankruptcy Clause.
Whether the California Supreme Court may order payment of a debt that has … |
| 18-1039 |
Jeremy Levin, et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
|
anti-terrorism-law asset-attachment correspondent-banking electronic-fund-transfer federal-preemption new-york-ucc preemption terrorism-risk-insurance-act |
Are blocked EFTs, originating with Iran,
transferred into the U.S. by agents of Iran,
and used to benefit its financial interests, im
mune from reco… |
| 18-979 |
Joshua Caleb Bohmker, et al. v. Oregon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
environmental-regulation federal-land federal-land-policy federal-land-policy-and-management-act federal-land-use-control federal-mining federal-mining-claims federal-preemption land-management land-use-control mineral-development mining-claims national-forest-management-act preemption state-environmental-regulation supremacy-clause |
In California Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co., 480 U.S. 572 (1987), this Court considered the question whether states might assert permitting autho… |
| 18-7451 |
Shane Cox v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affirmative-defense criminal-procedure due-process due-process-right-to-present-defense federal-preemption federal-prosecution firearms-regulation kansas-law second-amendment short-barreled-rifles silencers state-rights |
I. Did the district court deny Mr. Cox his due process right to present a defense when it precluded Mr. Cox from arguing to the jury that his reliance… |
| 18-838 |
Scott Kaseburg, et al. v. Port of Seattle, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure federal-interest federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption federal-statute grable-type-jurisdiction property-rights quiet-title railroad-easement state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction trails-act |
1. Whether Grable -type subject matter jurisdiction
exists where (A) it is undisputed that the Plaintiffs' state
law cause of action for quiet title… |
| 18-828 |
Robert Ghiringhelli, et al. v. The Assurance Group, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
breach-of-contract civil-rights contract contract-law federal-preemption insurance insurance-industry insurance-law medicare medicare-regulations separate-accrual-rule statute-of-limitations |
The case involves application of the "separate accrual rule" to commissions earned by the Petitioners and collected each month by the Respondent from … |
| 18-783 |
John M. Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Florida |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption foreclosure-fraud national-bank-act national-banks property-rights state-courts |
1. Whether the National Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq. restrictions on states, federal preemption and exclusive federal regulation vie for exclusive fe… |
| 18-769 |
Minnesota Living Assistance, Inc., dba Baywood Home Care v. Ken B. Peterson, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstention abuse-of-discretion administrative-proceeding civil-administrative-proceeding civil-rights-preemption de-novo-review federal-preemption federal-question standard-of-review state-law younger-abstention younger-v-harris |
I. The question presented is whether the principles
enunciated in Younger v. Harris and its progeny
require a federal court, having properly before it… |
| 18-7041 |
Mark P. Donaldson v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Michigan |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-hearing administrative-procedure cms-compliance due-process federal-preemption federal-regulations hearing-rights medicaid medicaid-regulations preemption procedural-due-process state-agencies supremacy-clause |
Whether Mr. Donaldson's procedural due process rights afforded him under Medicaid including 45 C.F.R. 155.530 (a), (b)(1) - (3) have been violated by … |
| 18-7032 |
Reginald L. Lomax v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-drug-law federal-preemption mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation |
The question presented in this case is whether, as the circuit court held, a state statute criminalizing possession of "counterfeit" controlled substa… |
| 18-660 |
Kenneth J. Taggart v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
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carpenter-v-longan due-process federal-home-loan-mortgage-corporation federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-removal freddie-mac mortgage note property-rights real-estate security-interest standing state-court-action |
1. Has the authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to remove state court actions to federal court, pursuant to 12 U.S.C.… |
| 18-629 |
Jack Cody v. California Air Resources Board, et al. |
California |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
clean-air-act concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-challenge constitutional-review environmental-regulation federal-constitutional-defense federal-preemption judicial-review state-court-jurisdiction state-environmental-regulation statutory-interpretation |
In this case of first impression before this Court, does the CAA withdraw concurrent state court jurisdiction to adjudicate the constitutionality of s… |
| 18-519 |
Joseph A. Jennings, III v. Susan W. Jennings |
Ohio |
2018-10-19 |
Denied |
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agent-orange disability-compensation domestic-relations federal-law federal-preemption howell-v-howell preemption service-connected-disability spousal-support state-law veterans-benefits veterans-disability-benefits |
Whether in light of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Howell v. Howell, 137 S Ct. 1400 (2017), veterans disability compensation may l… |
| 18-499 |
Mark Griffioen, et al. v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railways Company, et al. |
Iowa |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
alternative-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-railroad-safety-act federal-remedy interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption preemption-under-iccta public-safety rail-transportation savings-clause state-law state-law-claims takings |
Whether the Iowa Supreme Court erred in holding that state laws of general application addressing primarily public safety issues and with only an inci… |
| 18-464 |
Hatfield Enterprizes, Inc., et al. v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carrier-classification carrier-control federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation |
1. The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1), ("FA") broadly preempts any state action that relates even indirect… |
| 18-469 |
MacMillan-Piper, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act- federal-lease-contract-provisions federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation unemployment-compensation-taxes |
1. The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization
Act, 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1), ("FA") broadly preempts
any state action that relates even indire… |
| 18-449 |
Pharmavite LLC v. Noah Bradach |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
class-action class-certification class-members federal-preemption federal-statute individual-inquiry preemption state-law-claims supremacy-clause |
1. Is it a violation of the Supremacy Clause, U.S. ConsT. art. VI, cl. 2, for a federal court to certify a class that includes class members asserting… |
| 18-389 |
Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Brian Newton |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-26 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Relisted (2) |
choice-of-law circuit-split fair-labor-standards-act federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption gap-filling outer-continental-shelf-lands-act reliance-interests state-law state-law-borrowing statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour-laws |
Whether, under OCSLA, state law is borrowed as the applicable federal law only when there is a gap in the coverage of federal law, as the Fifth Circui… |
| 18-212 |
Bank of America, N.A. v. Donald M. Lusnak |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
escrow-accounts federal-banking-powers federal-preemption mortgage-escrow mortgage-lending mortgage-loan-escrow national-bank national-bank-act occ-regulations office-of-the-comptroller-of-the-currency preemption real-estate-lending state-banking-law state-banking-laws |
1. Whether the National Bank Act preempts state laws regulating national bank loan terms, such as California's law requiring payment of interest on mo… |
| 18-206 |
Craig Cunningham v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
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affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-agency-authority federal-contractor-liability federal-preemption federal-statutes government-contractor-defense jurisdictional-defense separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation yearsley-defense yearsley-v-w-a-ross |
Almost 80 years ago, in Yearsley u. W. A. Ross
Const. Co., 309 U.S. 18, 21-22 (1940), under seemingly
innocuous facts, this Court created a defense to… |
| 18-181 |
Larry Elliot Klayman v. Stephanie Ann Luck |
Ohio |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure comity constitutional-hierarchy due-process federal-court-judgment federal-judgment federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-enforcement state-court-intervention state-court-jurisdiction state-court-order supremacy-clause writ-of-execution |
Does the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2, preclude a state court from issuing an order preventing the enforcement of a judg… |
| 18-5197 |
Akash Dixit v. Tanya Singh Dixit |
Georgia |
2018-07-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
child-abduction divorce-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption foreign-nationals hague-convention hague-convention-on-child-abduction immigration immigration-status international-child-abduction international-law jurisdictional-limits state-court-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation |
1. Did the state court of last resort err in ignoring/condoning illegal retention of a foreign-citizen-child by the Respondent in the US, putting the … |
| 18A1006 |
BNSF Railway Company, et al. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, et al. |
Montana |
|
Presumed Complete |
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civil-procedure discovery-violations federal-preemption interstate-commerce railroad-litigation state-court-sanctions |
Question not identified. |
| 24A441 |
Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC |
Georgia |
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Presumed Complete |
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federal-preemption financial-responsibility insurance-coverage interstate-commerce motor-carrier tort-claims |
1. Whether $147,000 final offer to settle violates the Federal Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers Scheduling Limit in contr… |