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Burt W. Newsome, et al. v. Clark A. Cooper, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alabama, No. 1180252, 1180302 · judgment December 18, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a release-dismissal order entered in a criminal case is enforceable under the standards set forth in Newton v. Rumery wherein said order waives a litigant’s right to bring forth both criminal claims and civil claims against non-governmental persons and entities.

  2. Whether a litigant’s due process rights are violated when the court gives deferential treatment to an implicit holding regarding an unfiled order depriving a litigant of his right to full appellate review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Alexandra Crisanthi Siskopoulos
Siskopoulos Law Firm, LLP

For respondent
Candace B. Crenshaw
Hill, Gossett, Kemp & Hufford, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Aug 20 2021
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc.
  4. Aug 20 2021
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Consejo De Latinos Unidos.
  5. Aug 12 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Claiborne Porter Seier and Don Gottier to respond filed.
  6. Aug 11 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent John F. Bullock, Jr. to respond filed.
  7. Aug 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Clark Andrew Cooper and Balch & Bingham, LLP to respond filed.
  8. Jul 17 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2021)