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Troy A. Minter v. Alexander Falconi, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 85195 · judgment February 15, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 4, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a state statute permitting the closing of a hearing in a divorce case upon the request of one party violates an implied First Amendment constitutional right of public access to family court proceedings, requiring a strict scrutiny, rather than rational basis, standard of review.

  2. Whether the federal and state laws requiring that paternity, adoption, termination of parental rights, dependency, and similar proceedings be FRQÀGHQWLDOYLRODWHDQLPSOLHGFRQVWLWXWLRQDOULJKW of public access to family court proceedings.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marshal S. Willick
Willick Law Group

For respondent
Luke Andrew Busby
Luke Andrew Busby, Ltd.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A188

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 16 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
  3. Oct 08 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Alexander Falconi, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Sep 23 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2024)
  5. Aug 21 2024
    Application (24A188) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 23, 2024.
  6. Aug 09 2024
    Application (24A188) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 11, 2024 to September 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.