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Independent Specialty Insurance Company v. Apex Hospitality Group, L.L.C.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-30107 · judgment February 4, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weights this down for a petition under 3,000 words.
Question presented
The question presented is whether federal common law or state law determines whether a nonsignatory can use equitable estoppel principles to enforce arbitration agreements governed by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Raymond Chandler Lewis
Deutsch Kerrigan LLP
For respondent
Michael Lane
Lane Law Group L.L.C.
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 17 2026Response Requested. (Due September 16, 2026)
- Aug 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 02 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2026)