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Jose De La Cruz v. Alan Kailer, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Texas, No. 17-0721 · judgment December 1, 2017
Certiorari denied · October 1, 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
Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the Supreme Court of Texas from disproportionately denying discretionary review to natural persons while granting such review to similarly situated corporate entities without a rational basis for doing so.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Harold K. Tummel
Tummel & Casso
For respondent
Shawn Long
Sayles Werbner, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 01 2018Petition DENIED.
- Jun 27 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
- Jun 06 2018Waiver of right of respondents Alan Kailer, et al. to respond filed.
- May 07 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 15, 2018)