No. 20-987
Spielbauer Law Office v. Midland Funding, LLC, et al.
Tags: appeal civil-procedure constitutional-taking due-process entry-of-judgment judicial-discretion notice-of-appeal procedural-rights statutory-interpretation takings
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Latest Conference:
2021-03-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
If a statute appears to reasonably permit the filing of a notice of appeal upon entry of order or entry of judgment, is it a denial of due process of law to arbitrarily interpret the statute with its most restrictive timeline?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. If a statute appears to reasonably permit the filing of a notice of appeal upon entry of order or entry of judgment, is it a denial of due process of law to arbitrarily interpret the statute with its most restrictive timeline? 2. Does an unconstitutional taking occur when an ambiguous statute is interpreted in a manner so as to deprive a litigant of a meritorious claim or appeal?
Docket Entries
2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-03-09
Reply of petitioner Spielbauer Law Office filed. (Distributed)
2021-02-24
Brief of respondents Midland Funding, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-01-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2021)
Attorneys
Midland Funding, LLC, et al.
Leah Suzanne Strickland — Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP, Respondent
Spielbauer Law Office
Thomas John Spielbauer — The Spielbauer Law Office, Petitioner