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Fairholme Funds, Inc., et al. v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 14-5243, 14-5254, 14-5260, 14-5262 · judgment July 17, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a business petitioner, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles Justin Cooper
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC

For respondent
Jonathan D. Hacker
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Related
Vide, 17-578, 17-580

Proceedings

Jul 05 2018
Letter of the federal respondents received.
Feb 20 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jan 31 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Jan 30 2018
Reply of petitioners Fairholme Funds, Inc., et al. filed.
Jan 17 2018
Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. VIDED.
Dec 12 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 17, 2018.
Dec 11 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 20, 2017 to January 17, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 17 2017
Brief amici curiae of Louise Rafter, Josephine and Stephen Rattien, and Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. filed. VIDED.
Nov 17 2017
Waiver of right of respondents Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to respond filed.
Nov 17 2017
Waiver of right of respondent Fannie Mae to respond filed.
Nov 16 2017
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 20, 2017.
Nov 16 2017
Brief amicus curiae of Investors Unite filed. VIDED.
Nov 15 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 20, 2017 to December 20, 2017, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 16 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2017)