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TitleMax of Virginia, Inc., et al. v. Wendy S. Spicher, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 25-1137, 25-1138, 25-1139, 25-1140 · judgment January 7, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
Modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Third Circuit decision below, and a business petitioner, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether a State’s “generic,” New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans, 491 U.S. 350, 365 (1989), interest in regulating the transactions that out-of-state companies enter into with the State’s residents within other States’ borders is sufficiently important to permit the State to evade federal court under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Misha Tseytlin
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
For respondent
Michael John Scarinci
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Proceedings
- Jul 31 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 28, 2026.
- Jul 30 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 28, 2026 to September 28, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 29 2026Response Requested. (Due August 28, 2026)
- Jul 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 08 2026Waiver of right of respondent Wendy Spicher to respond filed.
- Jul 08 2026Brief amicus curiae of South Carolina filed.
- Jun 03 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 8, 2026)
- Apr 29 2026Application (25A1182) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 3, 2026.
- Apr 23 2026Application (25A1182) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 4, 2026 to July 3, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.