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Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-6034, 17-6079 · judgment December 21, 2018

Certiorari denied · December 9, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State’s highest court before declaring, on its own, that the state statute violates the state constitution.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jonathan David Shaub
Office of the Tennessee Attorney General

For respondent
Molly A Glover
Burch Porter & Johnson PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Related
Vide, 19-4

Proceedings

Dec 09 2019
Petition DENIED.
Nov 20 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
Nov 19 2019
Reply of petitioner State of Tennessee filed.
Nov 01 2019
Brief of respondent Tamarin Lindenberg in opposition filed. VIDED.
Sep 06 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 1, 2019.
Sep 03 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 13, 2019 to November 1, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 14 2019
Response Requested. (Due September 13, 2019)
Jul 31 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Jul 26 2019
Brief amici curiae of States of Ohio, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jul 24 2019
Waiver of right of respondent Tamarin Lindenberg to respond filed.
Jun 26 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2019)