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Estate of Najee Ali Baker, By and Through His Ancillary Administrator Jemel Ali Dixon v. Wake Forest University
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 21-1920 · judgment May 23, 2022
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner and a Fourth Circuit decision below.
Questions presented
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Whether a federal court of appeals that affirms summary judgment for a defendant in a diversity jurisdiction case, without addressing all well-grounded, independent bases for statelaw liability, violates its obligation of responsible and meaningful appellate review.
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Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals clearly misapprehended the summary judgment standards established by this Court by crediting the movant-Respondent’s evidence, drawing factual inferences in movant-Respondent’s favor, and failing to acknowledge or credit nonmovant-Petitioner’s key contradictory evidence.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jonathon Nicholas Fazzola
The Fierberg National Law Group, PLLC
For respondent
Robert J. King III
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 14 2022Petition DENIED.
- Oct 25 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
- Oct 14 2022Waiver of right of respondent Wake Forest University to respond filed.
- Sep 16 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 20, 2022)