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Berkeley County School District v. Hub International Limited, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1328 · judgment March 7, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Where parties enter into an agreement which expressly terminates on a date certain, and which contains an arbitration provision with a delegation clause that does not survive the expiration of the agreement, should a court or an arbitrator decide whether the parties agreed to arbitrate claims arising from events occurring after the termination of the arbitration agreement?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Phillip Donald Barber
Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A.

For respondent
Michael G. Pattillo Jr.
MoloLamken LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 15 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Hub International Limited, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 03 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2025)