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David Duncan v. GEICO General Insurance Company

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-14995 · judgment May 1, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 9, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Whether federal courts are wrongfully developing and applying federal case law in derogation of the U.S. Constitution and the established U.S. Supreme Court precedent of Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Karl Frederick Pansler
The Pansler Law Firm, PA

For respondent
B. Richard Young
Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer & Duke, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 09 2018
    Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 01 2018
    Supplemental brief of petitioner David Duncan filed. (Distributed)
  3. Sep 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
  4. Aug 23 2018
    Brief of respondent GEICO General Insurance Company in opposition filed.
  5. Jul 20 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2018)