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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: 2% cert probability

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

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

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, December 16, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

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