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Kelly J. Cosgriff, et ux. v. Winnebago County, Illinois, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 17-1396 · judgment December 1, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 14, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether Comity will protect State Officials who, in emails and their actions, conspired to falsely inflate citizens’ property tax in retaliation of the citizens’ exercise of free speech.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James J. Lessmeister
Lessmeister & Associates

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 14 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 18 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
  3. Mar 01 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2018)