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Christopher A. Rogalski v. Laureate Education, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 22-3004 · judgment April 11, 2023


Certiorari denied · December 11, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Must the result of a motion to dismiss based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) be considered the same as a dismissal for forum non-conve­ niens? (Suggested answer is in the affirmative. Allanlic Marine.) Mueller v. Apple Leisure Corp.. Case No. 16-2885, 2018 WL 563983 (7th Cir. Jan. 26, 2018),

  2. When a district court dismisses a complaint based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) does it "deny audience to a case on the merits," such that it is only “a determination that the merits should be adjudicated else­ where”? (Suggested answer is in the affirmative. Sinochem Intern. Co. Ltd, v. Malay. Intern. Shipping Cory., 549 U.S. 422, 432 (2007))

  3. When a District Cpurt dismisses a case based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) does a Court of Appeals have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 to decide the merits of the case under the collateral order doctrine? (Suggested answer is in the negative.)

  4. Alternatively, did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by failing to certify the issue of the accrual of the statute of limitations for university/student contract or quasi contract to the New Jersey Supreme Court when precedent from the only intermediate appellate court in New Jersey declares that to be the law, contrary to the Third Circuit's declaration that commercial contract law precedent applies? (Suggested answer is in the affirmative.)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christopher A. Rogalski

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2024
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jan 17 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
  3. Jan 04 2024
  4. Dec 11 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Dec 01 2023
    Rescheduled.
  6. Dec 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
  7. Nov 14 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
  8. Aug 16 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 2, 2023)