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Bank of America Corporation, et al. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC, as Assignee and Successor-in-Interest to FrontPoint Asian Event Driven Fund L.P., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 19-2719 · judgment March 17, 2021
Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability
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
Whether a district court lacking Article III jurisdiction can create such jurisdiction by adding a new plaintiff via Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Pratik Arvind Shah
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
For respondent
Eric F. Citron
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 22 2021Reply of petitioners Bank of America Corp., et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 07 2021Brief of respondents Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC, as assignee and successor-in-interest to FrontPoint Asian Event Driven Fund L.P., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Sonterra Capital Master Fund, Ltd., et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 04 2021Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
- Nov 04 2021Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
- Oct 27 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including December 8, 2021.
- Oct 26 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 4, 2021 to December 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 01 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 4, 2021)