No. 20-5952

Patrick Muraca v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure jury-instructions jury-request operative-term trial-court
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a trial court must provide a definition for a term of operative significance when it is requested by a deliberating jury?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a trial court must provide a definition for a term of operative significance when it is requested by a deliberating jury? 2. Whether the Court of Appeals properly relied on its own precedent to determine that the district court correctly declined to define the term “capitalization,” and answer whether capitalization can include intellectual property, when requested by the jury, even when the Court of Appeals itself acknowledged that the better practice would be to define all operative terms for the jury? 1

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Patrick Muraca
Brendan WhiteWhite & White, Petitioner
Brendan WhiteWhite & White, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent