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Stanton M. Buch, et al. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-35287 · judgment August 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 16, 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.

Question presented

Whether the Feres Doctrine and the Feres progeny should be rejected.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Benjamin Irving Whipple
Attorney At Law

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 27 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
  3. Dec 20 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 14 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2017)