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Interstate Fire & Casualty Company, et al. v. Crescent City Surgical Operating Company
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-30044 · judgment April 22, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
About 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
Whether federal common law or state law supplies the rule of equitable estoppel that determines when a nonsignatory may enforce an arbitration agreement governed by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lori Daigle Barker
Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Linked docket
26A64
Proceedings
- Sep 21 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2026)
- Aug 14 2026Application (26A64) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 19, 2026.
- Aug 07 2026Application (26A64) to extend further the time from August 20, 2026 to September 19, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Jul 16 2026Application (26A64) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 20, 2026.
- Jul 10 2026Application (26A64) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 21, 2026 to August 20, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.