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Ronald I. Paul v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of South Carolina, No. 2019-002076 · judgment February 9, 2022


Certiorari denied · May 22, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a settlement agreement in an eminent domain case with three parties and two of the parties agreed to a settlement between them, that did not include the other party, violates the just compensation clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution for the other party, requiring de­ claratory relief be entered in favor of the other party.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ronald I. Paul

For respondent
Andrew Frederick Lindemann
Lindemann Law Firm, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 22 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 02 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
  3. Apr 27 2023
    Reply of petitioner Ronald I. Paul filed.
  4. Apr 17 2023
    Brief of respondents South Carolina Department of Transportation, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 14 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2023)