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Dami Hospitality, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Colorado, No. 17SC200 · judgment June 17, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 13, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

How is an offender’s ability to pay relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gregory George Garre
Latham & Watkins LLP

For respondent
Eric Reuel Olson
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 19-641

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 23 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
  3. Dec 23 2019
    Brief of respondents Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation in opposition filed.
  4. Dec 18 2019
    Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed.
  5. Dec 06 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)