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Henry L. Klein, the Succession of Frederick P. Heisler, et al. v. Lewis Title Insurance Company, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2025-C-01544 · judgment December 23, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Pursuant to Group Life & Health v. Royal Drug Company, 440 U.S. 405 (1979), are documents sold at real estate closings described as Owner's Policies or Lender's Policies "...contracts of insurance..." and is the title insurance industry engaged in "...the business of insurance..." protected by the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1011-1015?
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Did the Louisiana Supreme Court err as a matter of federal law in dismissing Petitioners' writ application as untimely, not counting CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY as a legal holiday notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. § 6103?
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Is a GVR final ruling superior to remand and mandamus on the fundamental issue of enforcing Group Life & Health v. Royal Drug Company, 440 U.S. 405 (1979) as the supreme law of the land pursuant to the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Henry Luis Klein
Henry L. Klein
For respondent
C. Lawrence Orlansky
Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 15 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 06 2026Main Document of Henry Klein not accepted for filing. (July 08, 2026)
- May 30 2026Supplemental Brief of Henry Klein not accepted for filing. (June 09, 2026)
- May 27 2026Supplemental Brief of Henry Klein not accepted for filing. (June 09, 2026)
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- May 22 2026Rule 21.1 Motion to the Full Court of Henry Klein not accepted for filing. (June 02, 2026)
- May 18 2026Waiver of right of respondent Lewis Title Insurance Company Inc., et al. to respond filed.
- Mar 23 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 26, 2026)