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Boat Santa Rita II, Inc. v. Magnus Aadland
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 24-1003, 24-1039 · judgment March 17, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a First Circuit decision below and a business petitioner, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
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Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joseph Arthur Regan
Regan & Kiely LLP
For respondent
Scott Wesley Lang
Lang, Xifaras and Bullard
Case
Subject area
Private Action (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Sep 26 2025Joint stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed by petitioner.
- Sep 26 2025Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
- Jul 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 16 2025Waiver of right of respondent Magnus Aadland to respond filed.
- Jun 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2025)