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Amy Yang v. Donald Wortman, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 15-16280 · judgment June 26, 2017

Certiorari denied · December 4, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 1% 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
Sam Kazman

For respondent
Robert B. Hawk
Hogan Lovells US, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Dec 04 2017
    Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Nov 22 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Vietnam Airlines Company Limited to respond filed.
  3. Nov 16 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 14 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
  5. Nov 06 2017
    Waiver of right of respondents Donald Wortman, et al. to respond filed.
  6. Oct 31 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2017)