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William W. Cole, Jr. v. PRN Real Estate & Investments, Ltd., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-10044 · judgment September 29, 2020

Certiorari denied · March 29, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Whether This Court Should Grant the Petition in Order to Resolve a Long-Standing and Decisive Split Among the Federal Appellate Courts Regarding the Standards for Certification of State Law Issues to State Courts, Thereby Providing Much Needed Guidance to Federal Courts Regarding Important Matters of State Sovereignty, Federalism and Comity?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Kellogg Green
James K. Green, P.A.

For respondent
L. Todd Budgen
Budgen Law

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 29 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 16 2021
    Supplemental brief of petitioner William W. Cole, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Mar 10 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
  4. Mar 02 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Lori Patton, as Chapter 7 Trustee to respond filed.
  5. Mar 02 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents PRN Real Estate and Investment, Ltd. and Nancy Rossman to respond filed.
  6. Feb 18 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 29, 2021)