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Jeana K. Reinbold, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of 180 Equipment, LLC v. First Midwest Bank

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-3291 · judgment September 11, 2019


Certiorari denied · February 24, 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

Whether the decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, that a secured creditor need not give any public notice of the collateral securing its security interest, both misinterprets provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code contrary to the interpretation of another circuit court, and unreasonably departs from the appropriate course for federal court interpretation of state law.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeana Kim Reinbold

For respondent
William J. McKenna Jr.
Foley & Lardner

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 12 2020
    Brief amici curiae of William H. Henning and John T. McGarvey filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jan 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  4. Jan 16 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent First Midwest Bank to respond filed.
  5. Jan 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 13, 2020)