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Sam Silverberg v. District of Columbia, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 24-7165 · judgment April 14, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the appellate court committed error by overturning Hibbs v. Winn, 542 U.S. 88 (2004) by holding that any constitutional claim arising directly from the assessment bars federal jurisdiction even when the claim does not negatively impact the flow of revenue to the general fund?
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Whether the appellate court committed error by not finding that the defendant was collaterally estopped from asserting that the test for exclusive jurisdiction of constitutional claims was established in Hibbs, by virtue of their litigation in Colemanv. Dist. of Columbia, 70 F.Supp. 3d 58 (D.D.C. 2014)?
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Whether the appellate court committed error by deciding the case without first resolving the issue of collateral estoppel, where the district court held that when a constitutional claim does not negatively impact the flow of revenue to the general fund, federal courts have jurisdiction? Coleman v. Dist. of Columbia, 70 F. Supp. 3d 58 (D.D.C. 2014)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sam Silverberg
For respondent
Thais-Lyn Trayer
D.C. Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 20, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 20 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Sep 29 2025Waiver of right of respondent District of Columbia, et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 10 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)