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Xunhui Cheng, et al. v. Dan Liu, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-1806 · judgment July 30, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Did the Court of Appeals err in denying plaintiffs’ application to certify a conventional class action, historically existing in equity well before enactment of Rule 23, which sought return of their property stolen by defendants that was utilized to purchase real property in the District where the action was filed?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gene M. Connell Jr.
Kelaher, Haar, et al.
For respondent
Thomas E Lydon
McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jan 27 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jan 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
- Dec 27 2024Waiver of right of respondents Atlantic Development Company, LLC, et al. to respond filed.
- Dec 27 2024Brief amicus curiae of Nanjing Municipal People's Procuratorate filed.
- Dec 19 2024Waiver of right of respondent Dan Liu to respond filed.
- Nov 25 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2024)