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Louis Agre, et al., Appellants v. Thomas W. Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.

Paid petition · United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No. 17-cv-4392 · judgment January 10, 2018

Dismissed · May 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 22% cert probability (95% interval 11%–39%)

Before the decision, about 5.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a direct appeal from a three-judge district court (mandatory jurisdiction) and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas H. Geoghegan
Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Ltd.

For respondent
Mark A. Aronchick
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jul 02 2018
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. May 29 2018
    The appeal is DISMISSED AS MOOT.
  3. May 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/24/2018.
  4. May 03 2018
    Response to the motions to dismiss and affirm from appellants Louis Agre, et al. filed.
  5. Apr 23 2018
    Motion to dismiss filed by appellees Governor Thomas W. Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth, et al.
  6. Apr 23 2018
    Motion to affirm filed by appellees Senator Joseph B. Scarnati III, President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate; and Representative Michael Turzai, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  7. Mar 19 2018
    Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due April 23, 2018)