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Stephen Douglass, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Shingo Alexander Douglass, et al. v. Nippon Yusen Kabushki Kaisha

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-30382, 20-30379 · judgment August 16, 2022

Certiorari denied · March 20, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 4%–14%)

Before the decision, about 1.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a petition citing more than ten dissents.

Question presented

Thomas Schoenbaum, JD, PH.D 2181 Jamieson Avenue Suite 1409 Alexandria VA 22314 tjschoen@uw.edu Counsel for Petitioners

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert S. Peck
Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC

For respondent
Thomas Mark Canevari
Freehill Hogan & Mahar, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
22A386

Order
Order list, March 20, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 20 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
  3. Feb 22 2023
    Reply of petitioners Stephen Douglass, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  4. Feb 13 2023
    Brief amici curiae of US Terror Victims filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  5. Feb 13 2023
    Brief of respondent Nippon Yusen Kabushki Kaisha in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  6. Jan 18 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  7. Jan 13 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of The Association of Transportation Law Professionals filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  8. Dec 21 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 13, 2023.
  9. Dec 20 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2023 to February 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  10. Dec 14 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2023)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  11. Nov 03 2022
    Application (22A386) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 14, 2022.
  12. Nov 01 2022
    Application (22A386) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 14, 2022 to December 14, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.
    Main DocumentProof of Service