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Lina Noland, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-3757 · judgment November 24, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether, after AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Rai mondo, the Federal Trade Commission may preserve an ex parte Section 13(b) asset freeze and receivership and obtain a revenue-based, multi-million-dollar mon etary judgment through civil contempt where the judgment functions as restitution or disgorgement, is not tied to identified sustained losses, and the only rule-violation damages awarded under Section 19 were $6,829.
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Whether the Seventh Amendment and due pro cess permit a federal agency to obtain a $7,306,873.14 revenue-based monetary sanction, labeled civil com pensatory contempt, through a bench proceeding where the sanction operates as a legal money judg ment rather than compensation for proven individu alized losses and where the ex parte freeze impaired Petitioners' ability to fund and preserve a jury defense.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lina Noland
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jul 22 2026Supplemental brief of petitioners Lina Noland, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jul 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 07 2026Waiver of right of respondent Federal Trade Commision to respond filed.
- Jun 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2026)
- Apr 13 2026Application (25A1124) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 1, 2026.
- Mar 28 2026Application (25A1124) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 2, 2026 to June 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.