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City of Brunswick, Georgia v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-13200 · judgment August 3, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
About 6.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a state or local-government petitioner, and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
This case concerns a frequently recurring scenario: A defendant removes a state case to federal court on a federal-officer-removal theory. The district court rejects that theory and remands the case to state court. The defendant appeals the remand order under 28 U.S.C. §1447(d). The First, Second, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits have held that a stay pending appeal is discretionary. The Fourth and Eleventh Circuits have held that a stay pending appeal is automatic. The question presented is: Whether an appeal from a remand order under 28 U.S.C. §1447(d) triggers an automatic stay, barring the state court from proceeding with the case.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Frank Qian
Haynes and Boone, LLP
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Sep 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2026)