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25-764 Flintco, LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-12-30 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act legal-interpretation tort-claims Whether placing the "tort" label on a claim excludes that claim from the scope of the dispute resolution clause in the parties' contract.
25-661 Erik Blecher, et al. v. The Holy See, aka The Apostolic See Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied discretionary-function foreign-sovereign-immunities-act mandatory-policy sexual-abuse subject-matter-jurisdiction tort-claims Whether the FSIA's discretionary-function exclusion, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(5)(A), denies federal subject matter jurisdiction for a tort claim that alleg…
24-1222 Courtney Richmond v. Nolan Wiese, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response Waived claim-adjudication copyright-law federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion product-liability tort-claims 1. Whether federal courts may decline to adjudicate federal tort and product liability claims properly raised for the first time in federal court, whe…
24-924 Winston Tyler Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-02-26 Granted Amici (17)Relisted (2) boyle-doctrine federal-preemption government-contractor military-activities state-law-negligence tort-claims Should Boyle be extended to allow federal interests emanating from the FTCA's combatant-activities exception to preempt state tort claims against a go…
24-683 Energetic Tank, Inc., as Owner of the M/V Alnic MC v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Amici (1) admiralty-law federal-jurisdiction military-liability sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tort-claims The Federal Tort Claims Act waives the immunity of the United States for money-damages claims based on the negligence or wrongdoing of its employees a…
24A292 Bethesda University, et al. v. Seungje Cho, et al. California 2024-09-25 Presumed Complete california-law institutional-liability negligence private-university student-safety tort-claims Question not identified.
24-24 Marcelo Hernandez v. Hassan Alameddine, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied 1983-claims 9th-circuit-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction religious-freedom rluipa rluipa-violation tort-claims Does the 9th circuit have power to ignore U.S. Supreme Court ruling in, Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131 (1988).
23-1281 Ryan G. Carter, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine judicial-precedent medical-malpractice military-medical-malpractice military-service-members service-member-rights sovereign-immunity tort-claims 1. Should the Feres doctrine be limited and not bar tort claims brought by service members alleging medical malpractice where the service member was u…
23-938 Cynthia Wheeler, et al. v. Orange County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied attorney-appearance civil-rights continuing-violation-doctrine emotional-distress intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress preemption statutory-rights tort tort-claims 1. Whether the "pure" form of "Continuing Violation Doctrine" should apply to Civil Rights and Tort Claims of Intentional and Negligent Infliction of …
22-7856 Annice Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tort-claims 1. Whether Plaintiff-Appellant's assertion of violations as are asserted herein against the Defendant-Appellee(s) are waivers of sovereign immunity pu…
21-1544 Cynthia Lopez v. Eric Quaempts, et al. California 2022-06-09 Denied civil-rights employee-ratification lewis-v-clarke ratification sovereign-immunity state-court-remedies state-tort-law tort-claims tribal-sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereignty vicarious-liability In an attempt to immunize a tribe and its employees from liability, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ("the Tribe") ratified …
21-7649 In Re Jamaal A. McNeil 2022-04-19 Denied IFP brady-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights de-novo-review due-process ecclesiastical-court giglio-law letter-of-rogatory standing tort-claims /defendant, would like to ask and request to the Court of Appeals may the ground (s) and;grounds presented be denovo reveiw, ack-nowledged, and determ…
21-867 Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. Badilla, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights combatant-activities due-process federal-preemption federal-tort-claims-act military military-operations preemption statutory-interpretation tort-claims Whether state-law tort claims that arise out of the uniquely federal sphere of the military's combat operations are preempted by the interests embodie…
21-801 Barry McCabe v. Fairfax County, Virginia, et al. Virginia 2021-11-30 Denied civil-rights contract-clause contracting due-process iqbal-twombly product-liability sovereign-immunity tort-claims uniform-commercial-code Do animal "adoption " laws conflict with the Constitution 's Contract Clause and the general principles of contracting? 2. Did the court flout this…
21-311 Carrie S. Willis, Individually and as Trustee of the Trust of James C. and Norma D. Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-agent government-liability mandatory-duty sovereign-immunity state-law-tort-claims tort-claims 1. Whether the discretionary-function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that ap…
20-1483 Philip Pilevsky, et al. v. Sutton 58 Associates LLC New York 2021-04-22 Dismissed Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code federal-law federal-preemption legal-proceedings liability-based-on-bankruptcy misuse-of-bankruptcy preemption state-law state-law-tort-claims tort-claims Whether the federal Bankruptcy Code preempts state-law tort claims that are premised on an alleged misuse of bankruptcy proceedings or that seek to im…
20-7760 John Worthington v. Office of National Drug Control Policy, et al. District of Columbia 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure docket-management final-agency-action level-playing-field local-rule-7b official-capacity summons-and-complaint tort-claim tort-claims trial-court-arguments 1. Whether the trial court erred by failing to apply local rule 7(b), the local "docket management tool", to keep a "level playing field." 2. Whether…
20-1174 Kim Lippard, et vir v. Larry Holleman, et al. North Carolina 2021-02-25 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) civil-claims defamation ecclesiastical-settings first-amendment neutral-principles neutral-principles-of-law religion-clauses tort-claims Whether the First Amendment's Religion Clauses prohibit courts from hearing defamation claims that arise from ecclesiastical settings, even when the c…
20-1089 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Oakland, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Amici (4) civil-procedure civil-rights climate-change due-process federal-common-law federal-removal interstate-pollution jurisdictional-challenge standing state-law takings tort-claims I. Whether putative state-law tort claims alleging harm from global climate change are removable because they arise under federal law. II. Whether a …
20-960 Khue Nguyen v. Hai Phu Nguyen, as Administrator of the Estate of Thin Thi Ta, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied appellate-jurisdiction breach-of-contract civil-procedure immunity mediation mediation-immunity non-final-judgment summary-judgment tort-claims Whether an appellate court can take the act of refusal to settlement at mediation out of the mediation context to strip off the immunity from liabilit…
20-6651 Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, et al. California 2020-12-18 Denied IFP civil-rights contempt-of-writ court-securities CUSIP cusip-number due-process human-trafficking money-laundering standing subpoena-compliance tort-claims Courts across this Republic have systematically become vehicles for pedophiles, MS 13, sex, human traffickers and drug cartels to launder monies using…
19-1444 GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 and Participating Employers Health and Welfare Fund, et al. Third Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived avandia brand-name-drug brand-name-drugs conflict-preemption drug-labeling drug-manufacturer fda-preemption fda-regulations label-change material-information regulatory-compliance tort-claims Federal law preempts state -law tort claims where a brand- name drug's manufacturer provides the FDA with all material information in its possession a…
19-7415 Dennis C. Davis v. Fayette County Appraisal District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 adjudicate-merits erroneous-limitation-law federal-jurisdiction state-court-remedies state-law-remedies statutory-claims statutory-interpretation tax-case-litigation tax-cases tax-cases-1983-relief taxation-violation-claim tort-claims Writ of Certiorari to resolve a conflict among the state, courts as to whether in TAX CASES, state court must provide relief under 42 U.S.C. §1983 whe…
19-913 Ghazala Siddiqui, et vir, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Raheel Siddiqui, Deceased v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response Waived civilian-claims civilian-rights federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine military-discrimination military-nexus military-recruit pre-enlistment-negligence tort-claims In Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950) this Court held that service members were barred from bringing tort claims under the Federal Tort Claim…
19-131 Duanna Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied civil-jurisdiction civil-tort dollar-general-corporation-v-mississippi-band-of-c due-process montana-exceptions montana-v-united-states nonmember-rights nonmembers plains-commerce-bank-v-long-family-land-cattle-co sovereign-powers standing tort-claims tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty "[T]he inherent sovereign powers of an Indian tribe do not extend to the activities of nonmembers of the tribe." Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 54…
18-1427 Marie Laventure, et al. v. United Nations, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure common-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure immunity jurisdiction legislative-enactment liability tort tort-action tort-claims un-general-assembly un-immunity un-liability un-secretary-general An agreement to be liable binds a party to an enforceable obligation in law and justice. This is true under the laws of the United States and it has b…
18-8840 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act impartiality judicial-discretion judicial-review jurisdictional-threshold sovereign-immunity standing tort-claims Whether the invoked appellate court adjudicative jurisdiction should acknowledged the particularism of any trial court judge's non - judicial palpable…
18-1180 New Vision Home Health Care, Inc., et al. v. Anthem, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response Waived 5th-circuit 6th-circuit administrative-law circuit-split collateral-claims due-process federal-jurisdiction mandamus-relief medicare-administrative-law-judge medicare-appeals-process medicare-contractors medicare-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction tort-claims 1. Whether a circuit split exists between the Fifth and Sixth Circuits regarding whether federalcourts have jurisdiction to issue mandamus relief toen…
18-894 Harold McNeal, et ux. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Relisted (2) congressional-policy contract-negotiation federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction gaming-enterprise indian-gaming-regulatory-act sovereign-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction tort-claim tort-claims tribal-sovereignty Whether the Tenth Circuit panel violated the current jurisprudence of this Court and the Congressional policy underlying IGRA by precluding the Nation…
18-151 Alfred J. Petit-Clair, et al. v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-procedure,standing,due-process,tort,dismissa civil-procedure,standing,tort-claims,individual-de civil-rights district-court due-process municipal-defendant settlement settlement-enforcement standing third-circuit tort tort-claims 1. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in affirming the District Court for the District of New Jersey's judgment dismissing …
24A441 Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC Georgia Denied federal-preemption financial-responsibility insurance-coverage interstate-commerce motor-carrier tort-claims 1. Whether $147,000 final offer to settle violates the Federal Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers Scheduling Limit in contr…