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First Midwest Bank, as Guardian of the Estate of Michael D. LaPorta v. City of Chicago, Illinois
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-3049 · judgment February 23, 2021
Certiorari denied · October 12, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Can municipalities evade liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for unlawful acts that their official municipal policies undisputedly caused if the municipal actors are off duty when they engage in those acts?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Marisa Christina Maleck
King & Spalding LLP
For respondent
Myriam Zreczny Kasper
City of Chicago Department of Law
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 12 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Oct 07 2021Brief amici curiae of the Rutherford Institute, et al. filed.
- Oct 07 2021Brief amicus curiae of Black Cops Against Police Brutality filed.
- Sep 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
- Sep 17 2021Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago to respond filed.
- Sep 13 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2021)