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Sharon Bolton v. City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-60474 · judgment November 10, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 23, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Questions presented

Whether the Court should resolve the 5-3 circuit court split as to whether the rule in Aikens should apply to discrimination cases at summary judgment?
Whether the Court should resolve the circuit court split as to what difference in qualifications an employee must show to provide evidence of pretext?
Whether Mrs. Bolton has provided evidence of discrimination?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert N. Norris
Watson & Norris, PLLC

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 23, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Apr 23 2018
Petition DENIED.
Apr 04 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.
Feb 07 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 22, 2018)