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Rachel E. Goodley v. Supreme Rice, L.L.C., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-30509 · judgment April 1, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
The key questions for this Honorable Court’s consideration are as follows:
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Is the inspection and certification of rice by a federal grain inspector part of the principal trade and business of a rice mill for purposes of determining whether said federal grain inspector is a statutory employee of the rice mill under the “two-contract” theory of the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Act when the purpose of the Federal Grain Inspection Service is to provide impartial and official Government inspection services?
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Whether a State may apply its workers’ compensation statutory-employer doctrine to treat a federal employee performing official regulatory duties as the statutory employee of the regulated private entity.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rachel E. Goodley
For respondent
Eric Winder Sella
Plauche Maselli Parkerson LLP
Case
Subject area
Federalism (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 13, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 13 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
- Sep 08 2026Brief of respondents Supreme Rice, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jul 15 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2026. See Rule 30.1.
- Jul 09 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 7, 2026 to September 7, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 30 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2026)