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Property Matters USA, LLC v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-12563 · judgment July 30, 2024
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a business petitioner, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
Whether a defendant is barred from recovering attorney’s fee under 17 U.S.C. §505 because a plaintiff’s Rule 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissal is not a court-ordered dismissal.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew David Lockton
McHale & Slavin, P.A.
For respondent
Daniel DeSouza
Copycat Legal PLLC
Case
Subject area
Attorneys (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Orders
Order list, February 24, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Order list, April 21, 2025 · Rehearing denied
Proceedings
- Apr 21 2025Rehearing DENIED.
- Apr 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
- Mar 21 2025Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Feb 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Feb 18 2025Supplemental brief of petitioner Property Matters USA, LLC filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 15 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
- Jan 09 2025Waiver of right of respondent Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. to respond filed.
- Dec 24 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 27, 2025)