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Derek Allen, et al. v. Vertafore, Incorporated

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-20404 · judgment March 11, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

The Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 makes it “unlawful for any person knowingly to obtain or disclose personal information, from a motor vehicle record, for any use not permitted under section 2721(b) of this title.” 18 U.S.C. § 2722(a). Did the Fifth Circuit err in finding that Petitioners’ allegation that Respondent exposed their DPPAprotected personal information to public view was insufficient to allege a disclosure within the meaning of the DPPA?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ben Barnow
Barnow and Associates, P.C.

For respondent
Damond R. Mace
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 20 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Jul 13 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Vertafore, Incorporated to respond filed.
  4. Jun 08 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2022)