proportionality-test
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-31 | Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Antwon Jones, et al. | California | 2024-07-12 | Denied | ability-to-pay attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment excessive-fines professional-conduct proportionality-test | Does the court-ordered disgorgement of attorney fees for violation of state rules of professional conduct fall under the "excessive fines" clause of t… | |
| 22-93 | Michigan State University, et al. v. Sophia Balow, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2022-08-01 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | athletic-opportunities circuit-split education-amendments-1972 educational-discrimination equal-athletic-opportunity federal-financial-assistance gender-equity proportionality-test sex-discrimination substantial-proportionality title-ix | Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that receives federal… |
| 20-7849 | Ismael Lopez v. United States, et al. | Second Circuit | 2021-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment accomplice-liability constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process factor-based-analysis mandatory-sentencing mens-rea nexus proportionality-test sentencing | Whether mandatory sentences, as a whole or in part, are constitutional and should be replaced with factor-based analysis under §3553, in conjunction w… |
| 18-1585 | Kassim M. Nagi v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2019-06-27 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | 8th-amendment controlled-substances cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender lockyer-v-andrade money-laundering proportionality proportionality-test racketeering sentencing solem-v-helm | 1. A sentence, even within range, is excessive when it imposes punishment grossly disproportionate to the severity of the evidence, or constitutes not… |