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Albert G. Hill, III, et al. v. PBL Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-10272 · judgment July 13, 2018

Certiorari denied · February 25, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

  1. Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the District Court for further proceedings, because the Court of Appeals failed to observe established standards for consideration of evidence in connection with a motion for summary judgment, in order to provide uniform standards for all circuits. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Emil Lippe Jr.
Law Offices of Lippe & Associates

For respondent
Lawrence Fischman
Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C.

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 25, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
  3. Feb 01 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent PBL Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 14 2019
    Notice of filing of petition by Albert G. Hill, III, et al. not accepted for filing. (January 15, 2019 -- Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically)
  5. Dec 06 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)