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Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board v. Federal Trade Commission

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-30796 · judgment October 2, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 5, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 33% cert probability (95% interval 22%–47%)

Before the decision, about 8.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a state or local-government petitioner, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether and under what conditions orders denying state-action immunity to public entities are immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas C. Goldstein

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 05 2021
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by the Federation of State Medical Boards GRANTED.
  2. Apr 05 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Mar 18 2021
    Reply of petitioner Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board filed. (Distributed)
  4. Mar 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
  5. Mar 15 2021
    Brief of respondent Federal Trade Commission in opposition filed.
  6. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of State of Mississippi, et al. filed.
  7. Mar 01 2021
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by the Federation of State Medical Boards.
  8. Feb 18 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 31, 2021.
  9. Feb 17 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Jan 22 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2021)