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Mandy Rooks v. Drake Rooks

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Colorado, No. 16SC906 · judgment October 29, 2018

Certiorari denied · April 1, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether extracorporeal embryos created during marriage are persons or a property. Whether classifying extracorporeal embryos as property and permitting one spouse to discard or donate them to a third party violates the religious rights of the other spouse who believes the embryos are ensouled.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rebecca R. Messall
Messall Law Firm, LLC

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 1, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 01 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
  3. Jan 22 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)