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Canadian Standards Association v. P.S. Knight Company, Limited, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-50081 · judgment August 9, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 21, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 7%–15%)

Before the decision, about 2.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

  • Admitted in Texas and practicing law in the District of Columbia pending application for admission to the D.C. Bar under the supervision of bar members pursuant to D.C. Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)(8).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
James Robert Gourley
Carstens, Allen & Gourley, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 21 2025
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by American National Standards Institute, Inc., et al. DENIED.
  2. Jan 21 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Dec 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
  4. Dec 31 2024
    Reply of petitioner Canadian Standards Association filed. (Distributed)
  5. Dec 16 2024
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by American National Standards Institute, Inc., et al.
  6. Dec 13 2024
    Brief of respondents P.S. Knight Company, Limited, et al. in opposition filed.
  7. Nov 12 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)