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World Programming Limited v. SAS Institute, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-1808, 16-1857 · judgment October 24, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a business respondent.

Questions presented

  1. Whether federal or state law governs the respect that must be accorded to the judgment of a foreign court in diversity cases.

  2. Whether a district court’s decision on the merits of a claim becomes moot, and must be vacated, if the court of appeals determines that the plaintiff has not proven entitlement to the only remaining relief sought in connection with that claim. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Alan Lamken
MoloLamken LLP

For respondent
Pressly McAuley Millen
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A830

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 09 2018
    Reply of petitioner World Programming Limited filed.
  4. Jun 22 2018
    Brief of respondent SAS Institute, Inc. in opposition filed.
  5. May 23 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Scholars and Practitioners filed.
  6. May 11 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 22, 2018.
  7. May 08 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 23, 2018 to June 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Apr 20 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 23, 2018)
  9. Feb 06 2018
    Application (17A830) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 19, 2018 to April 20, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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  10. Feb 06 2018
    Application (17A830) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 20, 2018.