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Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-20035 · judgment February 1, 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 a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Whether a maximum recovery rule limiting verdicts of intangible compensatory damages should be bound by a percentage of a prior amount approved by the court of appeals. Whether a contractual provision reducing the limitation on filing a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from four years to six months is enforceable.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian P. Sanford
The Sanford Firm

For respondent
Kyle Douglas Hawkins
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 26 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jun 18 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Fedex Corporate Services, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Jun 13 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 17, 2024)