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Heon Seok Lee v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1687, 18-1950 · judgment August 21, 2019

Certiorari denied · February 24, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

whether federal court has jurisdiction to determine that (1) a municipality is a customer of its sub-vendor, and (2) a municipality sub-awards federal funds to its sub-vendor through its payment for the goods to its contractor.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Heon Seok Lee

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 29 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  3. Jan 23 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 22 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2020)