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Karl Tobien v. Nationwide General Insurance Company
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5575 · judgment April 2, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Sixth Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
Whether a defendant who raises the affirmative defense of improper venue in a non-patent case bears the burden of proving that venue is improper.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Xiao Wang
University of Virginia School of Law
For respondent
Kendra Nychel Beckwith
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A168
Order
Order list, January 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 30 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Dec 30 2025Reply of petitioner Karl Tobien filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 10 2025Brief of respondent Nationwide General Insurance Company in opposition filed.
- Oct 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 10, 2025.
- Oct 28 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 10, 2025 to December 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 08 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2025)
- Sep 24 2025Application (25A168) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 8, 2025.
- Sep 19 2025Application (25A168) to extend further the time from October 1, 2025 to October 8, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
- Aug 11 2025Application (25A168) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 1, 2025.
- Aug 05 2025Application (25A168) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 17, 2025 to October 1, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.