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Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-3094 · judgment March 19, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 15, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

In consonance with Rule 10(a) & (c), this case revolves around the consistent (for decades) misfeasance of inferior courts which calls for the exercise of this Court’s long-absent supervisory power; decisions regarding an important question of federal law that conflict with relevant decisions of this Court; and, have not been, but should be finally, settled by this high Court. Far worse than any circuit split is the split between the inferior courts and the United States Supreme Court. The following two questions are presented:

  1. Whether the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (or any other inferior court) has the Constitutional authority to rule in conflict with rulings/decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

  2. Whether a court’s judgment or ruling is invalid when it contravenes Constitutional and/or statuary law and cites, as precedent, only inferior courts that have obviously ruled in conflict with the United States Supreme Court.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles V. Schneider

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 09 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 20 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
  3. Nov 07 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 15 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Sep 25 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
  6. Sep 20 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue to respond filed.
  7. Sep 09 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 10, 2019)