noerr-pennington

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24-1173 Evans Hotels, LLC, et al. v. Unite Here! Local 30, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split first-amendment labor-law noerr-pennington section-8b4 sham-petitioning Section 8(b)(4) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 158(b)(4), prohibits unions from targeting neutral parties, often referred to as seco…
23-754 Van Sant & Co. v. Town of Calhan, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied antitrust-immunity circuit-split civil-rights due-process government-petitioning-activity local-government local-government-antitrust-act noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine summary-judgment 1. Does the LGAA entitle local government officials to immunity from antitrust damages when they act unlawfully? 2. Does a Court of Appeals impermiss…
22-83 B&G Foods North America, Inc. v. Kim Embry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-enforcement declaratory-relief injunctive-relief legal-immunity noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine standing state-actors unconstitutional-laws Whether the judge-made Noerr-Pennington doctrine immunizes state actors who seek to enforce unconstitutional laws and regulations.
20-1293 AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Third Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Amici (3) antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure due-process litigation-exception noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-immunity objective-baselessness sham-litigation standing subjective-element Whether the subjective element of the "sham litigation" exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challe…
20-952 Construction Cost Data, L.L.C., et al. v. The Gordian Group, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied business-disparagement defamation false-statements first-amendment jury-findings noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine reckless-disregard state-law-liability 1. Whether the Noerr-Pennington doctrine has been improperly expanded beyond its First Amendment moorings to insulate knowingly, recklessly, or intent…
20-6520 Paul Viriyapanthu v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment ada americans-with-disabilities-act arbitration-immunity noerr-pennington sovereign-immunity spending-clause title-ii u.s.-v.-georgia 1. Where Congress conditioned the Americans with Disabilities Act to the states ' receipt of funding under Title IV of the Social Security Act pursuan…
19-548 Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. Massachusetts 2019-10-29 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that …
19-505 William Rupert v. Susan Bond, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response Waived antitrust circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process frcp-12b6 judicial-expediency noerr-pennington personal-jurisdiction rico rico-statute sham-litigation standing (1) Should the circuit splits over the use of FRCP 12(b)(6) motions (prior to discovery or an evidentiary hearing), to rule upon a disputed issue of f…
19-194 Daniel Delacruz, Sr. v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine racial-discrimination rooker-feldman-doctrine Does a dismissal of claims based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and First Amendment rights under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine violate the equal prote…