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H.A.S. Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Hemphill Construction Company, Inc.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2015-CA-00596-SCT · judgment October 12, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 18, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

THIS IS NOT A CAPITAL [DEATH PENALTY] CASE A. Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in finding that only superficial compliance with Batson v. Kentucky was sufficient to comply with federal law, including equal protection, and in failing to conduct a true comparative analysis, in violation of Miller el v. Dretke, 545 U.S. 231, 240 (2005). B. Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in approving a clearly racially motivated peremptory strike through discriminatory pretext in violation of Batson v. Kentucky. C. Whether the ruling by the highest court of Mississippi conflicts with this United States Supreme Court on an important federal question, i.e. jury selection and superficial compliance with Batson. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James L. Davis III
Law Office of Jim Davis

For respondent
David Watkins Mockbee
Mockbee Hall & Drake, P.A

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Jun 18 2018
Petition DENIED.
May 29 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
May 04 2018
Brief of respondent Hemphill Construction Company, Inc. in opposition filed.
Apr 05 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 7, 2018)