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John Hankins, et al. v. Barry Seifman, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 18-1645 · judgment March 22, 2019


Certiorari denied · November 12, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

This case involves the violation of settled law and the improper creation of Michigan law. The Sixth Circuit held the case law it relied upon “displaced the general rule”, however those cases cited by the Sixth Circuit do not include the words “general rule”, and the Sixth Circuit did not explain what it meant by replacing a non-existent “general rule”. Michigan law holds that a contingency fee agreement does not operate to determine a discharged attorney’s fee and that the court is required to analyze the illegal and public policy violations of a Michigan attorney. The Sixth Circuit’s decision violated Michigan law and Unlawfully created new law. The Sixth Circuit also made new Michigan contract law allowing Michigan residents to now create and enforce a contract beyond the written word of the contract and in direct contradiction to the admitted intent of the contract, in violation of Michigan law, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme court decisions. THE QUESTION PRESENTED IS: Can the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals violate settled Michigan law, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme court decisions and/or make Michigan law?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lawrence John Coogan
Law Office of Lawrence J. Coogan, PLLC

For respondent
David William Warren
Joelson Rosenberg PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 12 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 23 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
  3. Oct 15 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Barry Seifman, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 22 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)