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William H. Cosby, Jr. v. Janice Dickinson

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B271470 · judgment November 21, 2017


Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether, contrary to the decision of the California Court of Appeal, an attorney’s statement denying wrongdoing on behalf of a client who has been publicly accused of serious misconduct enjoys constitutional protection, as the First and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals have found.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sarah Elisabeth Kelly-Kilgore
Greenberg Gross LLP

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A1341

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 29 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 12 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2018)
  4. Jun 04 2018
    Application (17A1341) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 12, 2018.
  5. Jun 01 2018
    Application (17A1341) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 12, 2018 to July 12, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.