retroactive

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7836 Tony Michael Julien v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-06-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-authority criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process ignorance-of-law jurisdiction legal-maxim procedural-law retroactive time-limitation 1. Can the passage of time retroactively confer jurisdiction on a court that did not and does not otherwise have jurisdiction? 2. Does the legal maxi…
22-659 Padma Rao v. Anita Rao, et al. Illinois 2023-01-18 Denied american-rule due-process equity equity-doctrine fee-shifting litigation-penalty pleading-requirements retroactive retroactive-application Whether it was a violation of due process to retroactively impose a new fee-shifting penalty in contravention of the established American Rule, where …
21-7212 Kecia Porter v. Queen Cunningham Illinois 2022-02-25 Denied IFP capacity-determination competency constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-review legal-review power-of-attorney retroactive 1. Whether the Petitioners 5th and 14th Amend. Rights were violated when the reviewing courts denied review on the merits of the case as the Petitione…
19-1303 Earnest Cassell Woods, II v. California California 2020-05-20 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea murder-conviction natural-probable-consequences resentencing retroactive retroactivity self-defense senate-bill-1437 sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. DOES SENATE BILL 1437 ADDED SECTION 1170.95, WHICH PERMITS PERSONS CONVICTED OF MURDER UNDER THE NATURAL AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES THEORY TO PETITI…
18-7923 Derrick Jones v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure retroactive retroactive-application sentencing-provision substantive-rule-change Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Due Process Clause's fair notice requirement, judicially invent a new proced…