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Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 20-1134 · judgment December 3, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 7, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

This petition for a writ of certiorari raises a matter of exceptional importance — whether or not a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the public may be released in a bankruptcy case prior to the appropriate government official obtaining knowledge of and having an opportunity to even investigate the claim?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Edward Barnes
Barnes law

For respondent
David Marroso
O' Melveny & Myers, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 07 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 18 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
  3. May 13 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Lennar Corporation to respond filed.
  4. May 03 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 7, 2021)