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Hmong 2, et al. v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-15226 · judgment March 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 19, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Court should establish a breach of promise exception to the non-justiciable political question rule?

  2. Whether the Court should establish a breach of treaty exception to the non-justiciable political question rule?

  3. Whether the Court should establish a war crimes exception to the non-justiciable political question rule?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Herman A.D. Franck
Franck & Associates

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  3. Sep 23 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 21 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)