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Dale Danielson, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-36087 · judgment December 26, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 25, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–10%)

Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

ERIC STAHLFELD Freedom Foundation P.O. Box 552 Olympia, Washington 98507 (360) 956-3482 estahlfeld@freedomfoundation.org

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jonathan F. Mitchell
Mitchell Law PLLC

For respondent
Patrick Casey Pitts
Altshuler Berzon LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 9 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 25 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 19 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
  3. Jan 14 2021
    Rescheduled.
  4. Jan 04 2021
    Supplemental brief of respondents Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28, AFL-CIO filed. (Distributed)
  5. Dec 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
  6. Nov 10 2020
    Rescheduled.
  7. Nov 04 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
  8. Oct 29 2020
    Rescheduled.
  9. Oct 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  10. Oct 14 2020
    Rescheduled.
  11. Oct 13 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  12. Oct 05 2020
    Rescheduled.
  13. Sep 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
  14. Aug 04 2020
    Rescheduled.
  15. Jul 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  16. Jun 23 2020
    Rescheduled.
  17. Jun 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
  18. Jun 16 2020
    Rescheduled.
  19. Jun 08 2020
    Reply of petitioners Dale Danielson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  20. Jun 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
  21. May 15 2020
    Brief of respondent Governor Jay Inslee; David Schumacher, Director OFM in opposition filed.
  22. May 11 2020
    Brief of respondent Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28, AFL-CIO in opposition filed.
  23. Mar 30 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 15, 2020, for all respondents.
  24. Mar 25 2020
    Motion of respondent Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28, AFL-CIO to extend the time to file a response from April 15, 2020 to May 15, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  25. Mar 12 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2020)