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BMP Family Limited Partnership, et al. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-13645 · judgment November 1, 2018

Certiorari denied · March 18, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for an Eleventh Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

The issue is whether the court below erroneously held that the issuance of summonses under 26 U.S.C. § 7609 preempts the privacy rights of non-party clients not under the purview of section 7609.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Robert Presley
Presley Law

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, March 18, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 18 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 27 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
  3. Feb 14 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jan 25 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, 2019)