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Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon v. Hak Ja Han Moon, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-168 · judgment November 5, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 14, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether there is an exception to this Court’s ecclesiastical abstention doctrine that allows courts to resolve disputes over whether control of a religious organization was improperly taken through tortious conduct (a “fraud or collusion exception”)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Aaron Mark Herzig
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

For respondent
Laura G. Ferguson
Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Jun 14 2021
Petition DENIED.
May 25 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
May 18 2021
Reply of petitioner Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon filed. (Distributed)
May 05 2021
Brief of respondents Hak Ja Han Moon, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 05 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)