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Joyce D. Hutton, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2015-CA-01013-SCT · judgment September 16, 2021


Certiorari denied · April 4, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Did the Mississippi Supreme Court violate the due process rights of the Petitioners under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States by reversing and rendering the trial court’s jury verdict in favor of the Petitioners.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ralph E. Chapman
Chapman, Lewis & Swan PLLC

For respondent
Michael James Bentley
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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 08 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Hyundai Motor Company, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Feb 24 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 30, 2022)