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Lydia Olson, et al. v. California, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-55757 · judgment June 10, 2024
Before the decision, about 4.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
Whether a court may dismiss for failure to state a claim a constitutional challenge to a law subject to rational-basis review based on hypothetical facts not pleaded in the complaint?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Theane Evangelis Kapur
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
For respondent
Samuel Thomas Harbourt
California Department of Justice
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 15 2024Petition DENIED.
- Oct 10 2024Brief amicus curiae of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. filed.
- Oct 01 2024Brief amici curiae of California Employment Law Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 25 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
- Sep 17 2024Waiver of right of respondent California, et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 06 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 10, 2024)