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FirstBank Puerto Rico v. Harthman Leasing III, LLLP

Paid petition · Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, No. SCT-CIV-2021-0026 · judgment August 26, 2025

estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)

Rule 10: circuit split argued

Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Due Process Clause, as extended to the Virgin Islands by § 3 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954, 48 U.S.C. § 1561, permits a court to impose liability, over the objection of the party held liable, on a claim that arose after the pleadings closed and was never asserted or amended or pleaded supplementally.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christopher N. Bellows
Holland & Knight

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
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Proceedings

Sep 30 2026
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 4, 2026)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service