No. 20-6842
Christine D'Onofrio v. Costco Wholesale Corporation
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-sufficiency rule-50b-motion seventh-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference:
2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
A. Whether the majorit y opinion in affirming the grant of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) motion failed to apply the correct standard of review, and under the correct sta ndard the evidence was legally suffi cient to support the verdict in violation of the Seventh Amendment and United States Supreme Court precedent ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the majority opinion in affirming the grant of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) motion failed to apply the correct standard of review, and under the correct standard the evidence was legally sufficient to support the verdict in violation of the Seventh Amendment and United States Supreme Court precedent?
Docket Entries
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Costco Wholesale Corporation to respond filed.
2020-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2021)
Attorneys
Christine D'Onofrio
Thomas John Butler — Petitioner
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Robert J. Carty Jr. — Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Respondent