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Kenny Taylor v. Brook Valley Management, Incorporated
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10327 · judgment September 10, 2025
Question presented
Whether a state-law cause of action — such as a meal-period violation under Texas law — may be dismissed or removed to federal court solely because the complaint contains incidental references to unrelated federal statutes (such as the ADA or OSHA), when those references were included only as background context and the state-law claims present independent grounds for relief.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kenny Taylor
For respondent
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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, January 12, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Oct 24 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)