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Board of School Trustees of Madison Consolidated Schools, et al. v. Joseph R. Elliott

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 16-4168 · judgment December 4, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 11, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether, during a justifiable reduction in force, Indiana and its public schools may, consistent with the Contract Clause, prefer higher-performing but untenured teachers over lower-rated teachers who reached tenure before the preference law was enacted.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas M. Fisher
EdChoice, Inc.

For respondent
Alice Margaret O'Brien
National Education Association

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Jun 11 2018
Petition DENIED.
May 22 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
May 17 2018
Reply of petitioners Board of School Trustees of Madison Consolidated Schools, et al. filed.
May 04 2018
Brief of respondent Joseph R. Elliott in opposition filed.
Mar 26 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 4, 2018.
Mar 20 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 6, 2018 to May 4, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 05 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2018)