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Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, Mohammad Rehan Chaudhri, & Zahida Aman v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-4054, 23-4077, 23-4078 · judgment April 8, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
When applying the plain language of a broadly worded federal criminal statue would intrude on an area historically left to the states, must a court apply the plain language without consideration of the context in which the statute was enacted or the presumption that if Congress intends to usurp authority previously left to the states it must say so explicitly?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Barry J. Pollack
Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 20 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 04 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 5, 2025)