No. 22-424

The Cordish Companies, Inc. v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: certified-question civil-procedure conflict-of-laws erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage judicial-procedure maryland state-law-interpretation west-virginia
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-12-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the constitutional principles set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), which protect each state's rights to establish its own laws regarding insurance

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the Fourth Circuit violated the constitutional principles set forth in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), which protect each state’s rights to establish its own laws regarding insurance by applying West Virginia law to a Maryland insurance coverage dispute, despite a pending certified question to be decided by the Maryland Court of Appeals that will be dispositive on the same issue Petitioner presented to the Fourth Circuit.

Docket Entries

2022-12-12
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-08
Letter petitioner Cordish Companies, Inc. filed.
2022-11-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Affiliated FM Insurance Company to respond filed.
2022-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2022)
2022-09-26
Application (22A172) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 3, 2022.
2022-09-22
Application (22A172) to extend further the time from October 5, 2022 to November 3, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2022-08-29
Application (22A172) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 5, 2022.
2022-08-19
Application (22A172) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2022 to November 3, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Affiliated FM Insurance Company
Linda T. CoberlyWinston & Strawn, LLP, Respondent
Linda T. CoberlyWinston & Strawn, LLP, Respondent
The Cordish Companies, Inc.
Daniel J. HealyAnderson Kill & Olick LLP, Petitioner
Daniel J. HealyAnderson Kill & Olick LLP, Petitioner