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Christa Fischer, et al. v. Federal Express Corp., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 21-1683 · judgment July 26, 2022

Certiorari denied · March 6, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 7%–18%)

Before the decision, about 2.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Scott M. Pollins POLLINS LAW FIRM, LLC 303 West Lancaster Avenue Suite 1C Wayne, PA 19087 Counsel for Petitioners

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Adam William Hansen
Apollo Law LLC

For respondent
David B. Salmons
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Mar 06 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 15 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
  3. Feb 15 2023
    Reply of petitioners Christa Fischer, et al. filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  4. Jan 30 2023
    Brief of respondents Federal Express Corp., et al. in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  5. Dec 12 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 30, 2023.
  6. Dec 09 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 29, 2022 to January 30, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  7. Nov 29 2022
    Response Requested. (Due December 29, 2022)
  8. Nov 22 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
  9. Nov 15 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Federal Express Corp., et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  10. Oct 24 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 28, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service