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Jinil Steel Company, Limited v. ValuePart, Incorporated, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-10461 · judgment March 20, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 13, 2020
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

Does a litigant forfeit an argument by raising it thoroughly in an oral proceeding in bankruptcy court or other court of first instance, but not in a written pleading, where neither the bankruptcy court nor district court held the argument forfeited?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jonathan Mark Little
Baker Botts L.L.P.

For respondent
Stacy R. Obenhaus
Foley & Lardner LLP

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 13, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 13 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
  3. Aug 21 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Valupart, Incorporated to respond filed.
  4. Aug 21 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Valupart, Incorporated to respond filed.
  5. Aug 12 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2020)