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Continental Motors, Inc. v. Elizabeth Snider, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 17-3182 · judgment December 28, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 24, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether the preemptive statute of repose created by the General Aviation Revitalization Act, 49 U.S.C. § 40101, insulates the designer and manufacturer of a 37-year-old general aviation engine from liability for an accident whose sole cause was a forging defect in a new component part forged by another manufacturer.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Douglas E. Winter
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

For respondent
John R. Merinar Jr.
Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Jun 24 2019
Petition DENIED.
Jun 04 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
May 03 2019
Waiver of right of respondents Elizabeth C. Snider, et al. to respond filed.
Apr 22 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 24, 2019)