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D. T. v. W. G.

Paid petition · Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, No. 2160082 · judgment April 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 2, 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 Fourteenth Amendment gives adoptive parents the same right as biological parents to direct the upbringing of their children.

For petitioner
Pamela Susan Karlan
Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clini

For respondent
Michael B. Kimberly
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A463

Apr 02 2018
Petition DENIED.
Mar 13 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2018.
Mar 13 2018
Reply of petitioner D. T. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 26 2018
Brief of respondent W.G. in opposition filed.
Jan 26 2018
Brief amici curiae of Adoption Scholars and Organizations filed.
Jan 19 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 26, 2018.
Jan 18 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 26, 2018 to February 25, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 26 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 26, 2018)
Oct 31 2017
Application (17A463) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 26, 2017.
Oct 20 2017
Application (17A463) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 23, 2017 to December 26, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.