No. 25-1403October Term 2025Before Arguments
Lina Noland, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Trade Commission
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Question presented
1. Whether, after AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Federal Trade Commission may preserve an ex parte Section 13(b) asset freeze and receivership and obtain a revenue-based, multi-million-dollar monetary 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. 2. Whether the Seventh Amendment and due process permit a federal agency to obtain a $7,306,873.14 revenue-based monetary sanction, labeled civil compensatory contempt, through a bench proceeding where the sanction operates as a legal money judgment rather than compensation for proven individualized losses and where the ex parte freeze impaired Petitioners' ability to fund and preserve a jury defense.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Administrative Law
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology