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Emanuel McCray v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 22-3009 · judgment March 4, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. What is the appropriate constitutional author­ ity embodied in Articles I and III and the Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution that permits the President and the administrative agencies of the United States, under Article II of the U.S. Con­ stitution, to exercise or extinguish power under the guise of legislative authority contained in the Public Health Service Act of 1944 (“PHSA”), Pub. L. 78-410, 58 Stat. 682, Chapter 373 (42 U.S.C. ch. 6A § 201 et seq.) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (“OSH Act”), Pub. L. 91-596, §6, Dec. 29,1970, 84 Stat. 1593 [29 U.S.C. §655(c)]?

  2. What is the proper remedy and redress when an administrative agency exercises power contrary to the Federal Constitution’s separation of powers?

  3. What is the appropriate constitutional, con­ gressional, statutory and or judicial authority govern­ ing the issues of “timeliness”, “mootness” and the terms “sua sponte” and “nostra sponte” given Respond­ ent’s exercise of power contrary to the Federal Consti­ tution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Emanuel McCray

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 15 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Jun 13 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration to respond filed.
  4. May 10 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 13, 2022)