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Shirley A. Bolton, et al. v. Crowley, Hoge & Fein, P.C.

Paid petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 15-CV-1202 · judgment June 2, 2017


Certiorari denied · May 14, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals violate the Appellants' Pro Se Seventh Amendment Rights under the Constitution of the United States when it ruled that dismissal of their Breach of Fiduciary Counter Claim by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia abused its discretion (for the second time on appeal) could not be sustained (due to evidence material issues of fact and misapplication of governing laws governing breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty), and when they failed to remand the case for a jury trial? Whether the DC Court of Appeals erred by ruling on an award without benefit of a jury finding on liability and its unprecedented holding to reverse its own ruling by a prior panel in this case, and that in conflict with decisions of the United States District Court of the District of Columbia, U.S. Courts of Appeals for other Federal Circuits, and the decisions of the Supreme Court, that the undisputed and legitimate public interest and policy issues the decision by the Appeal Court? Whether the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's 2nd Panel's decision in this appeal creates a new legal precedence that not only creates a Panel to Panel conflict, an Intra-Circuit Conflict and an Inter-Circuit Conflict, authorizes attorneys who breach clients trust, confidentiality of client information, and resultant conflict of

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Shirley A. Bolton

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A404, 17A405, 17A406

Proceedings

  1. May 14 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 18 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
  3. Dec 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2018)
  4. Oct 17 2017
    Application (17A404) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2017.
  5. Oct 13 2017
    Application (17A405) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2017.
  6. Oct 13 2017
    Application (17A406) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2017.
  7. Oct 12 2017
    Application (17A404) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 22, 2017 to December 21, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.
  8. Oct 12 2017
    Application (17A405) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 22, 2017 to December 21, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.
  9. Oct 12 2017
    Application (17A406) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 22, 2017 to December 21, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.