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Barry Clarke v. Fine Housing, Inc.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of South Carolina, No. 28126 · judgment January 4, 2023

Certiorari denied · June 5, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Did the South Carolina Supreme Court’s invalidation of Petitioner’s contract based on its sudden adoption of a universal rule of decision constitute an impairment of the obligation of contracts in contravention of Art. I, Sec. 10 of the Constitution of the United States and this Court’s decision in Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus, 438 U.S. 234 (1978)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas R. Goldstein
Belk, Cobb, et al.

For respondent
Martin A. Stern
Adams & Reese

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 05 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 16 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
  3. May 12 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Fine Hous., Inc. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. May 08 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 9, 2023)
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