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Lindsay O'Brien Quarrie v. Stephen Wells, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 21-2090 · judgment June 27, 2022

Certiorari denied · December 5, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether ignorance of the law can excuse racial discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.) and therefore justify a public university’s refusal to readmit a qualified minority student to a doctoral program based on his race.

  2. Whether contract law, as opposed to tort law, is applicable to the resolution of a breach of contract dispute in a Title VI racial discrimination case.

  3. Whether a trier of fact is entitled to treat a party’s mendacity related to a material fact as evidence of culpability in a Title VI racial discrimination case.

  4. Whether a public university student’s admissions application fee qualifies as financial property and is therefore protected by state constitutional property rights.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lindsay O'Brien Quarrie

For respondent
Carol Dominguez Shay
Conklin, Woodcock & Ziegler, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 23 2023
    Rehearing DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Jan 04 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
  3. Dec 28 2022
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
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  4. Dec 05 2022
    Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  5. Nov 20 2022
    Second Supplemental brief of petitioner Lindsay Quarrie filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  6. Nov 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
  7. Oct 27 2022
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Lindsay Quarrie filed.
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  8. Oct 10 2022
    Waiver of right of respondents Stephen Wells, Kevin Wedeward, Daniel Lopez, Warren Ostergren, Board of Regents of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Lorie Liebrock, Aly El-Osery to respond filed.
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  9. Sep 26 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2022)
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