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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
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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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.
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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
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Aug 25 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Aug 20 2021Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc.
- Aug 20 2021Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Consejo De Latinos Unidos.
- Aug 12 2021Waiver of right of respondents Claiborne Porter Seier and Don Gottier to respond filed.
- Aug 11 2021Waiver of right of respondent John F. Bullock, Jr. to respond filed.
- Aug 09 2021Waiver of right of respondents Clark Andrew Cooper and Balch & Bingham, LLP to respond filed.
- Jul 17 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2021)