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Dawn C. Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 22-1912 · judgment April 26, 2023
Certiorari denied · January 8, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit, and if so when and in what way, claims under anti-discrimination statutes, such as Title VII?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eric Schnapper
Univ. of Washington School of Law
For respondent
Hashim M. Mooppan
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Jan 08 2024Petition DENIED.
- Dec 13 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
- Dec 12 2023Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
- Dec 12 2023Reply of petitioner Dawn Polk filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 01 2023Brief of respondents Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 05 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 5, 2023.
- Oct 04 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 16, 2023 to December 5, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 08 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)
- Jul 24 2023Application (23A58) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 8, 2023.
- Jul 20 2023Application (23A58) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2023 to September 8, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.