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Sergio Verdu v. Trustees of Princeton University, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 20-1724 · judgment September 27, 2022


Certiorari denied · February 21, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Is it an important federal question of law for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether U.S. Courts of Appeal should be permitted to issue “NOT PRECEDENTIAL” opinions, as they undermine the Rule of Law by facilitating treatment of facts contrary to governing rules of law and evasion of proper application of law?

  2. Is an appropriate occasion for the exercise of the U.S. Supreme Court’s supervisory authority over the federal courts, for the sake of the Rule of Law, because Third Circuit used a “NOT PRECEDENTIAL” opinion to render an unprincipled decision misstating the facts contrary to pleaded fact and motion to dismiss rules, evading proper application of law in Title IX and Title VII, and destroying individual livelihoods?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Philip A. Byler
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

For respondent
Lindsay C. Harrison
Jenner & Block, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 21 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 25 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
  3. Jan 24 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent The Trustees of Princeton University, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 22 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 26, 2023)