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West Congress Street Partners, LLC v. Rivertown Development, LLC, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-1941 · judgment June 26, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 13, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Is the plausibility standard attached to federal conspiracy claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and 42 U.S.C. § 1986 sufficient to protect minorities against private and state-run agencies who discriminate in real-estate transactions in a concerted effort to remove a minority-owned business amidst a mass gentrification of the City post-bankruptcy?

  2. Does Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2502(1), adequately provide protections to minority business owners in Detroit amidst a mass gentrification of the City?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jan Jeffrey Rubinstein
The Rubinstein Law Firm

For respondent
Matthew T. Nelson
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 13 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
  3. Oct 18 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Wayne County to respond filed.
  4. Sep 21 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents City of Detroit and Officers Ivan Luckey, Justin Taite, Austin Hunter, Dennis Smith, Randy McGhee, Auston Carr and Willie Robinson to respond filed.
  5. Sep 18 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Rivertown Development, LLC, et al. to respond filed.
  6. Sep 13 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2018)