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Corona Clay Company v. Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-55420, 20-55678 · judgment September 20, 2021


Certiorari denied · April 4, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 6%–11%)

Before the decision, about 2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Questions presented

  1. Whether, in a private citizen suit brought under 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a) of the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”), a plaintiff can establish Article III standing without proving that there is any actual or threatened harm to any jurisdictional water of the United States.

  2. Whether Article III standing in a private citizen suit under 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a) may be premised solely on the reporting and monitoring provisions in the CWA stemming from “informational injury.”

  3. Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36(a) removes a trial court’s discretion, after the evidence phase of trial, to allow or disallow the presentation of new evidence to the jury.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eric J. Fromme
Pacheco & Neach, P.C.

For respondent
Jason Robert Flanders
Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 04 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 16 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
  3. Mar 10 2022
    Reply of petitioner Corona Clay Company filed.
  4. Feb 24 2022
    Brief of Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al. in opposition not accepted for filing.(Corrected version submitted) (March 08, 2022)
  5. Feb 24 2022
    Brief of respondents Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al. in opposition (3/7/2022) filed.
  6. Jan 21 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2022)