2023 Ames Moot Court Competition

November 15, 2023, 7:30pm
Ames Courtroom

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Credit: Anton Grassl, 2002

Case: United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, et al. (OSHA) v. Federici Contracting, LLC

Justice Sotomayor speaks from the bench
Monica Wang '24 faces the justices.
An oralist faces the bench or judges.
Judge Rachel Kovner.

A writ of certiorari is granted on the following two questions:

  1. Whether 5 U.S.C. §706(2) of the Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to vacate agency rulemakings found to violate the Act. 
  2. Whether, if so, 5 U.S.C. §706(2) violates Article III of the U.S. Constitution by requiring federal courts to exceed their judicial power. 
Read the case summary

Judges

  • Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
  • Goodwin Liu, Supreme Court of California
  • Rachel Kovner, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Six students standing together as the Ames Moot Court Final Patsy Takemoto Mink Memorial Team

Teams

The Patsy Takemoto Mink Memorial Team
(Petitioner)

Best Brief

Derek Choi
Kunal Dixit
Daniel Flesch (oralist)
Phoebe Kotlikoff
Yusuke Tsuzuki 
Monica Wang (oralist)

Six students in suits standing together as the Ames Moot Court Judge Laurence H. Silberman Memorial Team

The Judge Laurence H. Silberman Team (Respondent)

Best Overall

Max Alvarez
Eric Bush
Richard Dunn (Winner, Best Oralist)
Hayley Isenberg (oralist)
Jessica Flores 
Brandon Sharp

Meet the teams

The Patsy Takemoto Mink Memorial Team (Petitioner)

The Judge Laurence H. Silberman Team (Respondent)