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Fort Bend Mechanical, Limited, et al. v. Gil Ramirez Group, L.L.C., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-20542 · judgment March 15, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to follow its own precedent when declining to conduct a plain error review of the sufficiency challenge due to inconsistencies in the opinions.
Whether the judgment against FBM would have been reversed if the Fifth Circuit had reviewed the jury verdict for plain error.
Whether there is a split in the Circuit Courts on the issue of performing appellate review of sufficiency challenges for plain error when a party fails to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P 50.

For petitioner
Susan Jeanne Clouthier
Clouthier Law, PLLC

For respondent
Chad Wilson Dunn
Brazil & Dunn

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 07 2019
Petition DENIED.
Aug 14 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Aug 05 2019
Waiver of right of respondents The Gil Ramirez Group LLC, et al. to respond filed.
Jul 29 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2019)