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Billie Faye Keyes, et al. v. Philip Gunn, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-60097 · judgment May 11, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 29, 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

This case presents the question: If state legislators intentionally discard ballots to swing an election, may the disenfranchised voters bring suit in federal court to enforce the guarantee of equal protection (As stated by the District Court in its Memorandum Opinion and Order on January 27, 2017, Appendix 2, p. 18.a, ROA.169.)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John G. Corlew
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Michael Brunson Wallace
Wise Carter Child & Caraway

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 10 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
  3. Oct 03 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Philip Gunn, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Sep 10 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2018)