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Virginia Callahan, et al. v. Pacific Cycle, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-1739 · judgment November 21, 2018

Certiorari denied · April 1, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 4%–13%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a dissent in the court below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

When reviewing a district court’s ruling to admit hearsay into evidence, should the Court of Appeals apply an abuse of discretion standard or engage in a de novo review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Francis J. Collins
Kahn, Smith & Collins

For respondent
Jonathan Judge
Schiff Hardin, LLP

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 1, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 01 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
  3. Feb 20 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Pacific Cycle, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Feb 07 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2019)