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Stephen Busch, et al. v. Shari Guertin, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-1745, 17-1698, 17-1699, 17-1752, 17-1769 · judgment January 4, 2019


Certiorari denied · January 21, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–10%)

Before the decision, about 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

MICHAEL JOHN PATTWELL THADDEUS E. MORGAN JAY M. BERGER MICHAEL J. PERRY CHRISTOPHER B. CLARE FRASER TREBILCOCK CLARK HILL PLC 124 W. Allegan Street 500 Woodward Ave. Suite 1000 Suite 3500 Lansing, MI 48933 Detroit, MI 48226 (517) 377-0877

  1. 318-3043 tmorgan@fraserlawfirm.com mpattwell@clarkhill.com Counsel for Petitioner Counsel for Petitioner Shekter Smith Wurfel PHILIP A. GRASHOFF, JR. SMITH HAUGHEY RICE & ROEGGE 100 Monroe Center NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503

  2. 458-3633 pgrashoff@shrr.com Counsel for Petitioner Busch

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John J. Bursch
Alliance Defending Freedom

For respondent
Paul Tyler Geske
McGuire Law, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 19-205

Linked docket
19A111

Proceedings

  1. Jan 21 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 07 2020
    Reply of petitioners Stephen Busch, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Dec 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
  4. Dec 16 2019
    Brief of respondent Shari Guertin, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
  5. Oct 17 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2019.
  6. Oct 10 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 17, 2019 to December 16, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Sep 13 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2019)
  8. Jul 29 2019
    Application (19A111) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 13, 2019.
  9. Jul 23 2019
    Application (19A111) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 14, 2019 to September 13, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.