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Joel David Joseph v. American General Life Insurance Company
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-56213 · judgment August 25, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
1- Does this court's decision in Erie Railroad v Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), require the United states Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to conduct oral argument in a diversity case under e California Constitution which requires oral argument on appeal? 2. Does res judicata apply to an earlier proceeding when the earlier case was not ripe for adjudication?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joel David Joseph
For respondent
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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, May 16, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- May 16 2022Petition DENIED.
- Apr 20 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
- Mar 02 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2022)