unincorporated-territory

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-361 Brian D. Swanson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation federal-appellate-procedure frivolous-sanction income-tax insular-cases puerto-rico territorial-status uniformity-clause unincorporated-territory In the decision below, The Eleventh Circuit summarily affirmed the dismissal of petitioner's income tax refund suit, which challenged Puerto Rico's st…
20-5133 Steven Baxter v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP border-search customs customs-border fourth-amendment suspicion-less-search unincorporated-territory united-states-virgin-islands warrant-requirement warrantless-search This case presents the interplay between two competing propositions of constitutional law. The first proposition is that the United States Virgin Isla…