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Garco Construction, Inc. v. Robert M. Speer, Acting Secretary of the Army

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2016-1936 · judgment May 9, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 19, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William Spencer Consovoy
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 7 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Argument & decision

Decided March 19, 2018.

Proceedings

  1. Mar 19 2018
    Petition DENIED Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Gorsuch joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  2. Mar 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
  3. Feb 26 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
  4. Feb 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
  5. Feb 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  6. Jan 16 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
  7. Jan 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
  8. Jan 03 2018
    Rescheduled.
  9. Dec 20 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
  10. Dec 19 2017
    Reply of petitioner GARCO Construction, Inc. filed.
  11. Dec 01 2017
    Brief of respondent Robert M. Speer, Acting Secretary of the Army in opposition filed.
  12. Nov 09 2017
    Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 1, 2017.
  13. Oct 11 2017
    Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2017.
  14. Sep 11 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
  15. Sep 11 2017
    Brief amici curiae of the States of Utah, et al. filed.
  16. Sep 11 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
  17. Sep 08 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
  18. Sep 07 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 11, 2017.
  19. Aug 07 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2017)