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Lawrence Wilson Kingsley v. Ann Elizabeth Lange
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2022-C-01794 · judgment February 14, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIOARI Issues on Appeal
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Should this case be allowed to conflict with both federal and state cases which hold that a nonparty cannot intervene in a case without adherence to FRCP 24 or corresponding state rules, and now, on the basis of this case, can any nonparty start filing papers in a case at will?
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Should this case establish a new rule that it now OK to intervene in a case after it has been dismissed?
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In the Supreme Court’s own words, has the court of last resort “so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower court, as to call for an exercise of this Court’s supervisory power”?
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Specifically, does the lack of due process and equal protection of the laws, in derogation of the appellant’s right to access to the court, raise a federal question that merits certiorari: A. Because this case upends a long tradition of federal and state cases which hold that issues cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. (As an unauthorized intervenor and an admitted nonparty, Crowell & Owens has asserted claims which were never part of the original litigation.) B. Because there was a rush to judgment before contrary evidence was considered—namely, that the factual basis of the Order of Abandonment was 2 r
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lawrence Kingsley
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Aug 19 2024Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 25 2024DISTRIBUTED.
- May 17 2024Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Apr 22 2024Petition DENIED.
- Apr 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
- Sep 22 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 18, 2024)
- Jul 13 2023Application (23A30) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 24, 2023 to September 22, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Jul 13 2023Application (23A30) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 22, 2023.