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Deborah Meek Hickerson v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-1075 · judgment February 20, 2018

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

I. THE COURT SHOULD GRANT THIS PETITION TO CLARIFY THE PROPER APPLICATION OF THE ERIE DOCTRINE WHEN THE FEDERAL COURTS SIT IN DIVERSITY JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER STATE LAW CLAIMS.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joshua Snow Kendrick
Kendrick & Leonard, P.C.

For respondent
Richard Alan Mueller
Thompson Coburn, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jun 25 2018
    Brief of respondents Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., et al. in opposition filed.
  4. Jun 25 2018
    Brief of YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION U.S.A.; YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD. in opposition not accepted for filing. (June 25, 2018)
  5. May 21 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2018)