noerr-pennington
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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… |