| 25-762 |
Ian Freeman, fka Ian Bernard v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-rulemaking congressional-intent financial-regulation regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation virtual-currency |
Did the federal agency FinCEN exceed the authority granted in 2001 by Congress in 31 U.S.C. § 5330 to regulate money transmitting businesses when FinC… |
| 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 |
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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 … |
| 24-489 |
Gulf Coast Racing, L.L.C., et al. v. Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-31 |
GVR |
Relisted (3) |
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-separation-of-powers industry-regulation non-delegation-doctrine regulatory-authority |
1. Whether Congress can empower a purportedly private nonprofit entity to regulate an entire industry nationwide through rulemaking, adjudication, and… |
| 24A287 |
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Incorporated, et al. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-23 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law congressional-delegation federal-regulation horseracing-integrity regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-975 |
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. v. Eagle County, Colorado, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-03-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (38)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-discretion circuit-split environmental-review limited-statutory-authority national-environmental-policy-act public-citizen regulatory-authority |
Whether the National Environmental Policy Act
requires an agency to study environmental impacts beyond the proximate effects of the action over which
… |
| 22-543 |
Altagracia Sanchez, et al. v. District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
administrative-agency administrative-law due-process economic-liberty individual-rights judicial-deference nondelegation-doctrine occupational-licensing regulatory-authority |
A District of Columbia administrative agency promulgated regulations requiring day-care providers to obtain a college degree (on top of existing, exte… |
| 22-320 |
Kenneth R. Spirito v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-05 |
Denied |
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18-usc-666 circuit-court-interpretation federal-program-fraud intentional-misapplication kelly-v-united-states property-deprivation prosecutorial-scope regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether the elements of the offense of federal program fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A) differ under a theory of intentional misapplication and st… |
| 20-1676 |
Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Company, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process hobbs-act nrc-licensees nuclear-power nuclear-waste price-anderson-act regulatory-authority state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction |
The burial and storage of nuclear waste in faulty canisters on a California beach significantly threatens public health and safety. Petitioner sought … |
| 20-5914 |
Clifton Robinson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech interstate-commerce regulatory-authority sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
1) peTiTIoNer Obsects To The hower courrs deTenmiratio> ThAT peTiTIONER STIpUlUTEd ait Triul That The scheme wuolved c1 WIne COMMUNiCUTIONS aFFECTINg … |
| 20-97 |
Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-07-30 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (7) |
antiquities-act ecosystem-protection federal-land marine-conservation national-marine-sanctuaries-act national-monuments presidential-power regulatory-authority separation-of-powers |
Whether, in conflict with the holdings of the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the Antiquities Act applies to ocea… |
| 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… |
| 19-782 |
Vahan Kelerchian v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
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carpenter criminal-prosecution mail-fraud mcnally property regulatory-authority right-to-control statutory-interpretation wire-fraud |
1. Does the "right to control" constitute "property" for purposes of wire and mail fraud in light of this Court's holding in McNally, Carpenter, Cleve… |
| 19-643 |
John Hurry, et al. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process finra immunity law-enforcement-powers private-corporation regulatory-authority securities-industry securities-regulation state-action state-actor tort-immunity |
1. Whether FINRA, an ostensibly private corporation invested with vast powers to regulate the securities industry, is absolutely immune from any claim… |
| 19-502 |
Richard Baatz, et al. v. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
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certificate-of-public-convenience due-process eminent-domain federal-energy-regulatory-commission land-use natural-gas-act property-rights regulatory-authority takings |
Whether the Natural Gas Act requires the holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to obtain by easement, contract, or eminent domai… |
| 19-5830 |
William H. Danielson v. New York |
New York |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct regulatory-authority standing waiver-of-appeal |
1) Should judicial misconduct survive a waiver of appeal and guilty plea?
2) Should prosecutorial misconduct survive a waiver of appeal and guilty pl… |
| 18-976 |
Association of American Railroads v. Department of Transportation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
arbitration arbitration-provision due-process government-corporation industry-regulation regulatory-authority rulemaking rulemaking-power self-interested-actor separation-of-powers |
1. Whether PRIIA § 207 violates due process and the separation of powers by permitting regulatory authority to be exercised by a for-profit government… |
| 18-970 |
Thomas Mitchell, et al. v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
allotment declaratory-judgment jurisdictional-challenge non-indian-fee-land regulatory-authority sovereign-immunity treaty treaty-rights tribal-authority tribal-taxation |
Does sovereign immunity bar the federal courts' consideration of a declaratory judgment action to determine whether Respondent Tribes can exercise reg… |
| 18-743 |
White Oak Realty, LLC, et al. v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-action agency-authority chevron-deference congressional-authority federal-contracts property-rights public-projects regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-conditions |
1. Where a statute directs an agency to carry out
and pay for a federal project for public benefit
without granting express authority to regulate
priv… |