Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt
Whether a relator in a False Claims Act qui tam action may rely on the statute of limitations in 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(2) in a suit in which the United States has declined to intervene and, if so, whether the relator constitutes an “official of the United States” for purposes of Section 3731(b)(2)?
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Law
In re Department of Commerce et al.
Whether in an action seeking to set aside agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., a district court may order discovery outside the administrative record to probe the mental processes of the agency decision maker.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
PDR Network, LLC,. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.
Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Smith v. Berryhill
Whether the Appeals Council’s decision to reject a disability claim on the ground that the claimant’s appeal was untimely is a “final decision” subject to judicial review under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Flowers v. Mississippi
Whether a prosecutor's history of adjudicated purposeful race discrimination may be dismissed as irrelevant when assessing the credibility of his proffered explanations for peremptory strikes against minority prospective jurors?
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
Gray v. Wilke
Whether the Federal Circuit has jurisdiction under 38 U.S.C. § 502 to review an interpretive rule reflecting Department of Veterans Affairs definitive interpretation of its own regulation, even if VA chooses to promulgate that rule through its adjudication manual.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Maryland National Capital Park v. Humanist Association
Whether the Establishment Clause requires removal or destruction of a cross-shaped World War I memorial on government property.
Area(s) of Law:- First Amendment
Mont V. United States
Is a district court required to exercise its jurisdiction in order to suspend the running of a supervised release sentence as directed under 18 U.S.C. §3583(i) prior to expiration of the term of supervised release, when a supervised release is in pretrial detention, or does 18 U.S.C. §3624(e) toll the running of supervised release while in pretrial detention?
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure