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Andrew John Blount v. Joan Michelle Blount
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, No. 05-23-00024-CV · judgment June 21, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
- Whether a state appellate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause by sua sponte imposing an unargued, heightened evidentiary burden on a litigant—requiring “clear and convincing” proof to overcome a community-property presumption despite an unchallenged postmarital agreement designating the property as separate— thus denying that litigant notice and any opportunity to meet the new burden and resulting in the deprivation of substantial property rights.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew John Blount
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jun 17 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2025)