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Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-2448 · judgment July 12, 2019

Certiorari denied · December 9, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for an Eighth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

Whether a district court may override the order of a state court sealing a court filing necessary to resolve a motion in the state court, by compelling production in federal court of that sealed filing, without requiring that the request for access be made to the state court consistent with principles of comity, federalism, and the State’s ability to perform its judicial functions.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Beth Susan Brinkmann
Center for Reproductive Rights

For respondent
Corey Lee Gordon
Blackwell Burke, PA

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Dec 09 2019
Petition DENIED.
Nov 20 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
Nov 19 2019
Reply of petitioner Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC filed.
Nov 06 2019
Brief of respondents Blue Buffalo Company Ltd.,et al in opposition filed.
Oct 08 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 7, 2019)