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Charles T. Fote v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2018-2311 · judgment November 12, 2019
Certiorari denied · May 18, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning in an appeal that involves a complex and unsettled area of the law and in which a written opinion would likely provide the appellant with a viable basis for seeking rehearing, rehearing en banc, or certiorari.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Robert Peterson
Office of the Texas Attorney General
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- May 18 2020Petition DENIED.
- Apr 22 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
- Apr 13 2020Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Mar 11 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2020)
- Jan 24 2020Application (19A821) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 11, 2020.
- Jan 21 2020Application (19A821) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 10, 2020 to March 11, 2020, submitted to The Chief Justice.