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Lloyds Banking Group plc, et al. v. The Berkshire Bank, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-1987 · judgment February 25, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Second Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Marc J. Gottridge Richard D. Owens Lisa J. Fried Jeff G. Hammel HERBERT SMITH Lilia B. Vazova FREEHILLS NEW LATHAM & WATKINS LLP YORK LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10020 14th Floor (212) 906-1200 New York, NY 10017 Counsel for Petitioners

  1. 542-7600 British Bankers’ Benjamin A. Fleming Association, BBA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Enterprises Ltd., and 390 Madison Avenue BBA LIBOR Ltd. New York, NY 10017 Christopher M. Paparella

  2. 918-3000 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Counsel for Petitioners 1114 Avenue of the Americas Lloyds Banking Group plc, New York, NY 10036 Lloyds Bank plc (f/k/a (212) 506-3900 Lloyds Bank TSB plc), Counsel for Petitioners and HBOS plc Portigon AG (f/k/a WestLB AG) and Westdeutsche Immobilien Servicing AG (f/k/a Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Alessio Mezzina
King & Spalding, LLP

For respondent
Jeremy Alan Lieberman
Pomerantz LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED. The Chief Justice, Justice Kagan, and Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Sep 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Sep 07 2022
    Reply of petitioners Lloyds Banking Group plc, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Aug 23 2022
    Brief of respondents The Berkshire Bank, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Jul 21 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 1, 2022.
  6. Jul 20 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2022 to September 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Jul 06 2022
    Response Requested. (Due August 5, 2022)
  8. Jun 22 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  9. Jun 16 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent The Berkshire Bank, et al. to respond filed.
  10. May 26 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2022)