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Beth Carnicella v. Mercy Hospital

Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, No. Cum-16-528 · judgment July 20, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 26, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does Maine Human Rights Act, as interpreted by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in this case, violate the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sarah Ann Churchill
Nichols & Churchill, P.A.

For respondent
Katharine Rand
Pierce Atwood, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 26 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
  3. Jan 22 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Mercy Hospital to respond filed.
  4. Nov 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2018)