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Brandi Greer v. Benton School District

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Arkansas, No. CV-25-11 · judgment March 12, 2026


7%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
95% interval 4%–10%
Conference-stage estimate: 2%
GVR risk 11%

About 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and counsel who has won certiorari before, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether independent contractors have the same right as employees to sue for discrimination under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

For respondent
William Cody Kees
Bequette, Billingsley & Kees, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Aug 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Aug 18 2026
  3. Aug 07 2026
    Brief of respondent Benton School District in opposition filed.
  4. Jul 15 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 12, 2026.
  5. Jul 13 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 13, 2026 to August 12, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Jun 11 2026
    Response Requested. (Due July 13, 2026)
  7. Jun 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
  8. Apr 14 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2026)