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Wayne Johnson for Congress, Inc., et al. v. Jeremy C. Hunt, dba Jeremy for Georgia, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-10460 · judgment February 7, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for an Eleventh Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a business petitioner.
Question presented
- Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of Petitioners’ suit due to the purported failure of Petitioners to comply with the heightened pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) in alleging the predicate acts of mail fraud and wire fraud?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Devlin Cooper
Cooper Barton & Cooper, LLP
For respondent
Jeremy C. Hunt
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jun 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Jun 06 2024Waiver of right of respondents Fox News Network, LLC and Brian M. Kilmeade to respond filed.
- Jun 06 2024Waiver of right of respondent Jeremy C. Hunt to respond filed.
- May 07 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2024)