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Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine v. Kevin C. Doyle, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-2535 · judgment July 19, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 13, 2020
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

Is a plaintiff prevented from collecting statutory damages under the Visual Artists Rights Act as well as under state common-law for damages to the same artworks? Does a civil plaintiff have a right not to be prejudiced by evidence of a prior criminal conviction?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eugene E. Murphy Jr.
Murphy Law Group, LLC

For respondent
Saskia Nora Bryan
Latimer LeVay Fyock, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 04 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
  3. Nov 21 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Kevin C. Doyle, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Nov 11 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)