No. 21-1561

Vickie Brooks v. Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine stare-decisis summary-judgment tenth-circuit
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Tenth Circuit Court fail to follow stare decisis by failing to follow its own ruling in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and affirming the District Court's grant of Philadelphia Insurance Company's Motion for Summary Judgment?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED PREFACE Petitioner claims that the Tenth Circuit failed to follow stare decisis in the opinion appealed from and that the orderly process of justice will be impaired unless this Court exercises its superintending jurisdiction over all federal courts as a result. QUESTIONS: Did The Tenth Circuit Court fail to follow stare decisis by failing to follow its own ruling in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and affirming the District Court’s grant of Philadelphia Insurance Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment.? Does the Tenth Circuit’s failure to follow stare decisis sufficiently endanger the principles requiring federal courts to follow state law in diversity of citizenship cases, as required by Erie R.R. v. Thompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) to justify this Court exercising its superintending jurisdiction by correcting the Tenth Circuit’s ruling?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-14
Waiver of right of respondent Philadelphia Insurance Companies to respond filed.
2022-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Philip Raymond RichardsRichards & Connor, Respondent
Philip Raymond RichardsRichards & Connor, Respondent
Vickie Brooks
Rex K. TravisTravis Law Office, Petitioner
Rex K. TravisTravis Law Office, Petitioner