No. 19-613
W&T Offshore, Incorporated v. Apache Deepwater, L.L.C.
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: choice-of-law civil-procedure conflict-of-laws federal-courts precedent state-courts civil-law court-procedure federal-court highest-court judicial-methodology jurisdiction jurisdictional-interpretation legal-precedent methodology precedent
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Latest Conference:
2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal court applying the law of a civil-law jurisdiction should follow the methodology that the jurisdiction's highest court would apply or whether the federal court should follow the precedent of the jurisdiction's highest court even though a court in the jurisdiction would not do so
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a federal court applying the law of a civillaw jurisdiction should follow the methodology that the jurisdiction’s highest court would apply—as the First Circuit has held—or whether the federal court should follow the precedent of the jurisdiction’s highest court—as the Fifth Circuit held below—even though a court in the jurisdiction would not do so. (i)
Docket Entries
2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-13
Waiver of right of respondent Apache Deepwater, L.L.C. to respond filed.
2019-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 13, 2019)
Attorneys
Apache Deepwater, L.L.C.
William R. H. Merrill — Susman Godfrey, LLP, Respondent
William R. H. Merrill — Susman Godfrey, LLP, Respondent
W&T Offshore, Inc.
Neal Kumar Katyal — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner