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Great American Insurance Company v. Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alabama, No. SC-2023-0092 · judgment December 22, 2023


Certiorari denied · May 20, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a business petitioner, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

I. Does federal law or state law govern what qualifies as an “arbitration” provision under the Federal Arbitration Act? II. Does a contract’s dispute resolution provision requiring parties to submit property loss valuation disputes to an independent appraisal panel for binding resolution qualify as “arbitration” under the FAA?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Scott Burnett Smith
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

For respondent
Jonathon Roberts Law
Daniell, Upton, Anderson, Law & Busby, PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. May 20 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 30 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
  3. Apr 25 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Apr 22 2024
    Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
  5. Mar 21 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2024)