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Genesis Financial Solutions, Inc. v. Steve Ford, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1341 · judgment May 30, 2025
1%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
(petition-stage, structural)
Conference-stage estimate: 11%
GVR risk 1%
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 2, permit states to impose separate and heightened consideration requirements that apply only to arbitration clauses, as the Fourth Circuit alone holds, or does it preempt such requirements as improperly discriminating against arbitration clauses, as held by the First, Second, Third, Sixth, and Eighth Circuits?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Collin Partington Wedel
Sidley Austin LLP
For respondent
John Henry Bedard Jr.
Bedard Law Group, P.C.
Proceedings
- May 05 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended, with petitioner's consent, to and including October 30, 2026
- May 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 7, 2026 to October 30, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 7, 2026.
- Feb 05 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 6, 2026 to May 7, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 22 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2026, for all respondents.
- Dec 19 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2026 to February 6, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 20 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2026, for all respondents.
- Nov 19 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 8, 2025 to January 7, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 06 2025Response Requested. (Due December 8, 2025)
- Oct 29 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
- Oct 17 2025Brief amicus curiae of American Bankers Association filed.
- Oct 08 2025Letter received from counsel for respondent Spring Oaks Capital SPV, LLC.
- Oct 06 2025Letter of intent to file from counsel for respondent Spring Oaks Capital SPV, LLC submitted pursuant to Rule 12.6 received.
- Sep 19 2025Waiver of Steve Ford, et al. of right to respond not accepted for filing. (September 19, 2025)
- Sep 16 2025Waiver of Response of Steve Ford not accepted for filing. (September 16, 2025)
- Sep 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2025)
- Aug 25 2025Application (25A218) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 15, 2025.
- Aug 21 2025Application (25A218) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 28, 2025 to September 27, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.