statutory-text

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7436 Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text When the terms of a statute are unambiguous, "it's no contest" what a court should do—apply the law as written. Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. …
22-772 Ultra Petroleum Corporation, et al. v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy-code creditor-recovery judicial-exception lower-court-confusion post-petition-interest solvent-debtor-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-text unmatured-interest Whether an unwritten "solvent-debtor exception" overrides the Bankruptcy Code's statutory text and allows creditors in solvent-debtor cases to recover…
21-7158 Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility elements-means elements-versus-means federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach? II. Is the Texas statute prohibiting the of…
21-169 James Gatto, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-1843 criminal-law federal-statute incidental-harms jury-instructions property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-text united-states-v-kelly wire-fraud 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1343—the federal wire fraud statute—requires the Government to prove, consistent with section 1343's statutory text, that the "…
20-1763 Fenyang Stewart v. Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law burden-shifting but-for-analysis disability-discrimination disability-related-interference merit-systems-protection-board rehabilitation-act retaliation retaliation-claims statutory-interpretation statutory-text Should disability-related interference claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b) be analyzed as retaliation claims susceptible to a burden-shift…
18-6757 Ronald Ray Norman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act? II. Is the…