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Mary Grace, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 16-5156, 16-5157 · judgment November 7, 2016


Certiorari denied · May 21, 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

Corporations, have long had rights: 1819 Dartmouth v. Woodward, "Corporations receive constitutional protection, to protect constitutional rights of the individuals behind the entity'; 1853 Marshall v. Baltimore Ohio Railroad' corporations were citizens, for the purposes of court jurisdiction; 1886 Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific: Goiporations are persons under 14th Amendment,* 1893 Noble v. Union Raii.. due process protections to corporations; 1898 Smyth v. Ames: gov. can't take corporation's property without due process; 1907 Chambers v. Bait-Ohio Rail:Access to justice is a fundamental right, etc; so, are Constitutional Rights of these & millions of poor corporations, and the persons comprising them, violated when they are denied the above constitutional rights, after filing an Answer & complying with discovery, they are defaulted for lacking money [to continue] to pay lawyers, & the Corporations & officers named are held guilty & liable for all claims in Complaints when evidence exists to - prove the claims false & perjury, without a trial or fair hearing resulting in severe penalties & harm to - the corporations, named officers & persons comprising them without notice, issuance or entry of a Default - Judgment or Final Judgment in compliance with Rules 55 & Rule 58, resulting in the denial and loss of Defendant's (1 illiterate) rights to appeal? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mary Grace

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 06 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 15 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. May 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  6. Apr 19 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission to respond filed.
  7. May 01 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 14, 2018)