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Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 22-5267 · judgment October 3, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 29, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

A. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Erroneously Nullify the Doctrine of Organizational Standing, by Conflating It with Informational Standing, Contrary to the Supreme Court’s Decision in Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman? B. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Substantially Undercut the Doctrine of Informational Standing in Erroneously Deciding, in a Manner that Conflicts with or at Minimum Circumvents Decisions of the Supreme Court, that None of the Plaintiffs, including 9/11 Victim Family Members, Demonstrated Article III Informational Standing Because, in the Court of Appeals’ View, Plaintiffs’ Reading of the National Construction Safety Team Act as Requiring Agency Reports on Major Building Failures to Be Done Honestly and in Good Faith Is “Not Plausible?” C. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Substantially Undercut the Doctrine of Informational Standing in Erroneously Deciding that None of the Plaintiffs Demonstrated Article III Informational Standing, to Challenge a Scientifically Baseless and False Agency Report, on the Ground that Plaintiff’s Own Investigation Provided Them the Truthful Information About the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 on 9/11 that the Agency, Via Its False Report, Had Denied Them?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Michael Clifford
Clifford & Garde LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 29 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 10 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
  3. Apr 08 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Raimondo, Gina, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Mar 05 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2024)