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Warnock Engineering, L.L.C., et al. v. Canton Municipal Utilities
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-60238 · judgment January 8, 2021
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below and a business petitioner, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Questions presented
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Whether the Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the dismissal of Petitioners’ quantum meruit claim due to alleged inadequate pleading should be reviewed because it conflicts with federal pleading standards and the Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. Shelby, Mississippi, 574 U.S. 10 (2014).
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Whether the Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the summary judgment dismissal of the Petitioner’s First Amendment retaliation claim should be reviewed because it conflicts with the Rule 56 standard and sanctions the imposition of a direct, rather than circumstantial, evidentiary burden.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
W. Thomas McCraney III
McCraney Montagnet Quin & Noble, PLLC
For respondent
Edward Blackmon Jr.
Blackmon & Blackmon, PLLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 23 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jun 09 2021Brief of Canton Municipal Utilities in opposition not accepted for filing. (June 16, 2021 - brief was submitted out of time)
- Apr 28 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2021)