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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: 12% cert probability (95% interval 8%–17%)
Before the decision, about 2.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
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
Proceedings
- Mar 20 2023Petition DENIED.
- Mar 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
- Feb 22 2023Reply of petitioners Stephen Douglass, et al. filed.
- Feb 13 2023Brief amici curiae of US Terror Victims filed.
- Feb 13 2023Brief of respondent Nippon Yusen Kabushki Kaisha in opposition filed.
- Jan 18 2023Brief amicus curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed.
- Jan 13 2023Brief amicus curiae of The Association of Transportation Law Professionals filed.
- Dec 21 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 13, 2023.
- Dec 20 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2023 to February 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 14 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2023)
- Nov 03 2022Application (22A386) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 14, 2022.
- Nov 01 2022Application (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.