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T. B., et vir v. P. M., et ux.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Iowa, No. 17-0376 · judgment February 16, 2018
Before the decision, modestly above 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.
Questions presented
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Is a pregnant mother’s interest in her actual relationship with the child she carries during pregnancy and after birth protected as a substantive due process liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment whether or not she is genetically related to the child?
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Does a state’s enforcement of a surrogacy contract violate a woman’s liberty interest to be free from state enforced exploitation or her equal protection rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?
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Is a woman’s constitutional right to be free from state-enforced exploitation, like the right not to be subject to slavery or involuntary servitude, unwaivable?
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Does a surrogacy contract executed by a woman before the child she carries is conceived, operate to waive the federal constitutional claims of the child or her own constitutional claims in a subsequent action to enforce the contract?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Harold J. Cassidy
The Cassidy Law Firm
For respondent
Kevin Christian Rigdon
Howes Law Firm, P.C.
Proceedings
- Oct 01 2018Petition DENIED.
- Jul 18 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
- Jul 03 2018Brief of respondent P.M., et al. in opposition filed.
- May 31 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2018)
- May 16 2018Application (17A1266) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until May 31, 2018.
- May 11 2018Application (17A1266) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 17, 2018 to May 31, 2018, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.