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25-1004 Citizens Bank, N.A. v. John Conti First Circuit 2026-02-23 Pending comparative-analysis dodd-frank-act federal-regulation mortgage-escrow-accounts national-bank-act preemption The National Bank Act grants federally chartered national banks enumerated and incidental powers, subject to federal regulators' detailed proscription…
25-691 Lonnie Joseph Parker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-12 Denied Response Waived controlled-substances criminal-conviction federal-regulation medical-prescription prescribing-authority standard-of-care Whether a doctor can be convicted of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) based on a de…
25-320 Alaska, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Amici (4) alaska-lands federal-regulation land-management navigable-waters public-lands statutory-interpretation Whether the United States can regulate fishing on Alaska's navigable waters under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, when its statut…
24-7182 Antjoun Riddick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause, Art. I, § 8, cl. 3, to regulate the noncommercial, intrastate possession o…
24-868 The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc., et al. v. Amanda Lefton, in Her Official Capacity as the Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al. Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Amici (1) administrative-exception endangered-species-act federal-regulation ivory-trade preemption state-law Whether the ESA's preemption provision protects all activities enjoying an exception under the ESA, even if self-executing, or instead only those acti…
24A287 Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Incorporated, et al. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-09-23 Granted Amici (2) administrative-law congressional-delegation federal-regulation horseracing-integrity regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24A224 Port of Tacoma, et al. v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Ninth Circuit 2024-08-30 Presumed Complete clean-water-act environmental-preemption federal-regulation maritime-law ninth-circuit port-operations 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…
23-876 KC Transport, Inc. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. District of Columbia 2024-02-14 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference circuit-split federal-mine-safety-and-health-act federal-regulation mine-safety mining statutory-interpretation transportation 1. Whether a truck or a truck repair shop that is not located at nor is adjacent to an extraction or processing site or an appurtenant road is a "coal…
23-710 Brigitte Nelson v. Acre Mortgage & Financial Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection dodd-frank-act federal-regulation judicial-review mortgage-disclosure regulatory-compliance respa tila tila-respa 1. Whether the Third Circuit's Judgment entered on October 16, 2023 incorrectly affirmed the Jury Verdict and the District Court Judgment entered on A…
23-5870 George Tolbert v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper Seventh Circuit 2023-10-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation consumer-protection discovery due-process federal-regulation foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure property-rights sanctions 1 NATIONSTAR d/b/a MISTER COOPER FAIL TO MAKE DISCLOSURE AND COOPERATE IN DISCOVERY, UNDER RULE 37 AND SANCTIONS 2.NATIONSTAR dba MR. COOPER VIOLATE…
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…
22-338 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights express-preemption federal-regulation flavored-tobacco ninth-circuit preemption sales-ban state-and-local-laws tobacco-control-act Twice in the last two decades, this Court has reversed the Ninth Circuit for allowing states and localities to use sales bans to evade express federal…
22-208 Benoit Brookens v. LaRhonda Gamble, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-regulation labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act labor-union-rights standing statutory-interpretation Whether the DC Circuit is bound by the Federal Regulation 29 CFR 458.1 General Subpart A-Substantive Requirements interpreting 29 U.S.C. Sec. 411 Conc…
22-62 Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alden Big Man, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-adjudicatory-jurisdiction electric-cooperative federal-regulation indian-tribes montana-exceptions montana-v-us nonmember-defendant nonmember-regulation subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-jurisdiction Whether an Indian tribal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribally created claim as an "other means" of regulating a nonmember fe…
21-7788 Karen Marie Isaacson v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP barrier civil-rights constitutional-interpretation economic-barrier federal-regulation intra-state-activity northeastern-florida-chapter precedential-standing standing standing-doctrine Does enforcement of a federal regulation penalizing an intra-state activity constitute a barrier as per Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated…
21-1289 Foster Taft v. Ventura County Medical Center, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation hipaa hipaa-privacy privacy privacy-act private-cause-of-action private-right-of-action state-actor 1. Does 42 U.S.C. §1983 confer a private cause of action for privacy violations of HIPAA, in particular 164.502(a)? Within this issue, the court woul…
21-312 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. v. Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Attorney General Ohio 2021-08-31 Denied Amici (4) clean-air-act emission-standards epa-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation Title II of the Clean Air Act ("CAA") grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") broad and exclusive authority to enforce auto manufactur…
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…
20-1735 Angel Manuel Ortiz-Diaz, et al. v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (2) agriculture-improvement-act cockfighting commerce-clause constitutional-power cultural-tradition federal-regulation local-traditions puerto-rico puerto-rico-sovereignty sovereignty Whether Congress has power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize cockfighting on the island of Puerto Rico.
20-994 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. v. The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) clean-air-act emission-standards federal-authority federal-regulation nationwide-updates preemption state-law state-regulation vehicle-emissions vehicle-regulation Title II of the Clean Air Act ("CAA") grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") broad and exclusive authority to enforce auto manufactur…
20-723 Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Susan Allan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-25 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system civil-procedure federal-regulation number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the definition of ATDS in the TCPA encompasses any device that can "store" and "automatically dial" telephone numbers, even if the device does…
20-127 Douglas Jason Way v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response Waived drug-analogue federal-regulation harmless-error knowledge knowledge-standard mcfadden-precedent ninth-circuit rebuttal state-law state-law-compliance 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contradicted the holding of McFadden v. United States 576 U.S. 186 (2015) by ruling irrelevant petitione…
19-1056 Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, et al. v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Eighth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied economic-impacts fiscal-demands preemption state-interests state-taxation bracker-test economic-impacts federal-regulation indian-gaming preemption state-interests state-taxation tribal-sovereignty Does the Bracker test currently serve as a consistent and predictable rule of law in light of the exponential expansion of Indian gaming since 1988 an…
19-1053 Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-25 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (2) affordable-care-act contraception contraceptive-coverage federal-regulation health-insurance health-plans regulatory-authority regulatory-requirement religious-exemption religious-freedom-restoration-act rfra standing Whether the federal government lawfully exempted religious objectors from the regulatory requirement to provide health plans that include contraceptiv…
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 …
19-731 Pancho's LLC v. James T. Hughes, et al. West Virginia 2019-12-10 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation notice-and-hearing paul-v-davis reputation stigma-to-reputation 1. Does Paul v. Davis , 424 U.S. 693 (1976), establish a two-pronged test for a cause ofaction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? 2. Whether the stigma to reput…
19-181 Lance Patterson v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Indiana 2019-08-09 Denied administrative-interpretation agency-deference federal-law federal-regulation garnished-income garnishment income-calculation income-received medicaid medicaid-liability nursing-home nursing-home-payment state-agency-deference Federal law requires Medicaid recipients to pay from their income received a portion of their monthly nursing home bill, called the resident's "liabil…
18-7352 Giovanni Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-7225 Neil Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Florida 2019-01-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment administrative-procedure buyer-incompetence civil-rights constitutional-challenge disciplinary-functions due-process federal-regulation foia foreclosure home-equity-conversion-mortgage hud-jurisdiction lawyers-guild mortgage-law nonlawyer-ownership older-americans-act privacy-rights pro-se-litigation securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 standing the-florida-bar trial-by-jury unlicensed-practice-of-medicine void-for-vagueness voting-rights Is the federal HECM reverse mortgage program unconstitutional? This petition challenges the constitutionality of the federal Home Equity Conversion Mo…
18-466 Gulick Trucking, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa-preemption federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-regulation independent-contractor independent-contractors owner-operator preemption prices-routes-services 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 indire…
18-6279 Samuel Kwushue v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-11 elements-of-crime federal-regulation federal-regulations federal-rule-11 guilty-plea jurisdiction rule-11 statute-of-conviction statutory-elements wire-fraud Could a guilty plea, accepted in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, support a conviction, when the conduct to which a defendant admit…