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Psara Energy Ltd. v. ST Shipping & Transport Pte. Ltd., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 17-3781 · judgment June 4, 2019

Certiorari denied · December 16, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–10%)

Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Second Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Whether the jurisdiction a court of appeals has over a district court’s vacatur of a maritime garnishment under Rule B(1) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions is divested on the grounds of mootness by a foreign court’s judgment on the garnishee’s competing interpleader filed during the pendency of the appeal.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George Angelo Gaitas
Gaitas & Chalos, P.C.

For respondent
Peter John Behmke
Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Dec 16 2019
Petition DENIED.
Nov 26 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
Nov 19 2019
Waiver of right of respondents ST Shipping and Transport PTE. LTD. to respond filed.
Oct 16 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2019)