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Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 16-4122, 16-4125 · judgment September 12, 2017


Certiorari denied · April 30, 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 U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (as do other inferior courts) clearly rules in error when such ruling is in direct conflict with many relevant, long-standing decisions of the Supreme Court surreptitiously and effectively rendering this - high court's decisions to be insignificant. Whether the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (as do other inferior courts) clearly rules in error when such ruling is based mainly upon arbitrary, faulty, and unlawful extensions beyond the clear import of the statutory language used by the legislature in studiously constructing Federal law.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles V. Schneider

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 25 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jun 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
  3. May 25 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Apr 30 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Apr 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
  6. Apr 03 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue to respond filed.
  7. Feb 26 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 27, 2018)