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Gordon Scott Stroh v. Saturna Capital Corporation

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-35607 · judgment December 24, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 7, 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 and a Ninth Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

What is the appropriate standard of review when a trial court improperly grants a motion in limine that has the practical effect of dismissing an entire cause of action?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen M. Kohn
Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, LLP

For respondent
Jeffrey Bruce Coopersmith
Corr Cronin LLP

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
18A1065

Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 02 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of Project on Government Oversight, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jul 18 2019
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Gordon Scott Stroh.
  4. Jul 17 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  5. Jul 09 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Saturna Capital Corp., et al. to respond filed.
  6. Jul 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2019)
  7. Apr 18 2019
    Application (18A1065) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 1, 2019.
  8. Apr 15 2019
    Application (18A1065) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 2, 2019 to July 1, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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