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Highland Construction Management Services, LP, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-1429 · judgment November 3, 2017
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Pursuant to the Erie Doctrine, must federal courts use state interpretation methodologies when recognizing novel state common law causes of action? Recognizing the important federalism issues articulated in Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, 137 S. Ct. 1144, 197 L. Ed. 2d 442 (2017), is it time for bright line rules regarding certification of novel state common law causes of action, as adopted by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, rather than the subjective discretion standard, as exists in the remaining Circuits?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John P. Flannery II
For respondent
Stephen C. Leckar
Kalbain Hagerty LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 21 2018Petition DENIED.
- May 01 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
- Apr 13 2018Brief of respondent Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., for the benefit of Jerome Guyant IRA in opposition filed.
- Mar 12 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 13, 2018)