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Tri-State Zoological Park of Western Maryland, Inc., et al. v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-1010 · judgment January 29, 2021

Certiorari denied · June 28, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 5%–15%)

Before the decision, about 2.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a business petitioner, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

In a civil action arising under a Federal question, can an organization that does not claim membership or representational standing, attain first party standing sufficient to satisfy the concrete and discernible injury requirements of Article III of the United States Constitution, by showing only that 1) the relief sought, if granted, would advance the organization’s voluntarily chosen mission statement, and 2) that the organization has expended resources toward the same end?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lynn Thomas Krause
Kagan, Stern, Marinello & Beard, LLC

For respondent
Marcos E. Hasbun
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 28 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 23 2021
    Reply of petitioners Tri-State Zoological Park of Western Maryland Inc., et al. filed.
  3. Jun 23 2021
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Tri-State Zoological Park of Western Maryland Inc., et al. filed.
  4. Jun 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  5. May 25 2021
    Brief of respondent People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. in opposition filed.
  6. Apr 23 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including May 25, 2021.
  7. Apr 22 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 28, 2021 to May 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Mar 15 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 28, 2021.
  9. Mar 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 29, 2021 to April 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Feb 23 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 29, 2021)