Cert. petition in Nease v. Ford Motor Co., No. 16-1333

This post covers the cert. petition filed on May 2 in Nease v. Ford Motor Co., No. 16-1333 (docket here), and key record materials in the case. It will be updated with any future filings. Continue reading

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Cert. petition in Estate of Brown v. Thomas, No. 14-1139

Below are PDFs of the cert. briefs in Estate of Adam Brown v. Timothy Thomas, et al.,  No. 14-1139 (docket here), in which the petitioner urges the Court to resolve a longstanding circuit conflict concerning the burden imposed on summary judgment movants by Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c). Continue reading

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Cert. petition in Stevenson v. First American Title Insurance Co.

Posted here are record materials cited in, or otherwise useful to the analysis of, the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed on July 21, 2014, in Stevenson v. First American Title Insurance Co., No. 14-106 (U.S. Supreme Court) (a case seeking clarification of the substantive standard for reviewing jury-awarded punitive damages in state court, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment).

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Cert. petition in Estate of Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc.

Below are PDFs of the cert. briefs filed to date in Estate of Henry Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc., No. 13-1252 (docket here). Continue reading

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