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Morgan Joseph Langan v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2020-1057 · judgment May 6, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does the State of Arizona possess the transcen­ dental sovereignty to take away petitioner’s vested rights in private property by a mere legislative act that usurps the power of the judicial branch and alters the nature of our republican and free government as guar­ anteed under Article IV § 4 of the Constitution for the United States of America?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Morgan Joseph Langan

For respondent
Drew Curtis Ensign
Holtzman Vogel

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 20 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 12 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jan 11 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
  5. Dec 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)