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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: 3% 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

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 13, 2020 · Certiorari denied

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)