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Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-10736 · judgment March 19, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 7%–15%)

Before the decision, about 2.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Jonathan M. Herman Charles W. Hill The Herman Law Firm 1601 Elm St., Ste. 2002 Thanksgiving Tower Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 624-9805 Additional Counsel for Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Co.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony F. Shelley
Miller & Chevalier Chartered

For respondent
Richard Barrett Phillips Jr.
Holland & Knight LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
18A1359

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 13 2019
    Brief amici curiae of The American Benefits Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Aug 28 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  4. Aug 15 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Encompass Office Solutions, Inc. to respond filed.
  5. Aug 14 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 13, 2019)
  6. Jun 26 2019
    Application (18A1359) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 14, 2019.
  7. Jun 25 2019
    Application (18A1359) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 15, 2019 to August 14, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.