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In Re Carolyn Fjord, et al.
Paid petition
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
• Does the decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York denying Petitioners the right to a jury trial for damages under Section 4 of the Clayton Act contravene the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Beacon Theaters and deprive Plaintiffs below of their fundamental right to a trial by jury guaranteed to them by this Court and by the Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution? • Will the Court reaffirm the teaching of Beacon Theaters and in so doing reaffirm the value and importance of the jury trial by requiring the bankruptcy court below to impanel a jury on the damage claims raised by plaintiffs in their complaint? • Should a Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition issue to the United States Bankruptcy Court to require that court to impanel a jury for trial of the legal issues raised by the complaint?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joseph Michaelangelo Alioto
Alioto Law Firm
For respondent
Sadik Harry Huseny
Latham & Watkins LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 13 2019Petition DENIED.
- Apr 23 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
- Apr 17 2019Waiver of right of respondents AMR Corporation, et al. to respond filed.
- Mar 19 2019Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)