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Kirk E. Knopp v. CSX Transportation Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-3865 · judgment July 18, 2024


Certiorari denied · March 3, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether indirect notice to an employee by a union representative satisfies 45 U.S.C. § 153, First (j) (reproduced at Pet. App. 17a), when the union materially ignores the employee it is representing before a special board of adjustment convened under the Railway Labor Act.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kirk E. Knopp

For respondent
Elizabeth L. Dicus
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A381

Proceedings

  1. Mar 03 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 12 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
  3. Jan 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent CSX Transportation, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 16 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2025)
  5. Oct 23 2024
    Application (24A381) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 15, 2024.
  6. Oct 16 2024
    Application (24A381) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2024 to December 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.