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Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-1435, 19-1468 · judgment August 31, 2020

Certiorari denied · March 29, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Whether the sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard under the Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), should apply in civil cases under the Seventh Amendment? The Petitioner contends that the answer to this question should be “Yes.”
Whether a federal appellate court may overturn a federal civil jury’s factual findings, when properly admitted evidence, taken in a light most favorable to the non-moving party, has been presented at trial supporting the jury’s factual findings? The Petitioner contends that the answer to this question should be “No.”
Whether a federal appellate court may overturn a federal civil jury's factual findings for insufficiency of evidence without ordering a new trial? The Petitioner contends that the answer to this question should be "No."

For petitioner
Charles Mark Pickrell

For respondent
Thomas G. Hungar
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Mar 29 2021
Petition DENIED.
Mar 10 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
Mar 08 2021
Waiver of right of respondent Ford Motor Company, et al. to respond filed.
Feb 24 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2021)