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Norma Heredia v. Walmart Stores Texas, LLC

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, No. 13-16-00129-CV · judgment July 27, 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
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. May 25 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2018)