No. 23-1359

Fucich Contracting, Incorporated, et al. v. Shread-Kuyrkendall and Associates, Incorporated, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts judicial-federalism legal-reasoning reasoned-opinion state-law supervisory-authority
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should a federal court of appeals sitting in diversity be required to issue a reasoned opinion in disposing of a case when that case involves significant and novel issues of state law that provide the rules of decision?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Should a federal court of appeals sitting in diversity be required to issue a reasoned opinion in disposing of a case when that case involves significant and novel issues of state law that provide the rules of decision?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-19
Waiver of right of respondents Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America to respond filed.
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2024-07-17
Waiver of right of respondents Shread - Kvyr Kendall and Associates, Incorporated and XL Specialty Insurance Company to respond filed.
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2024-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2024)
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Attorneys

Fucich Contracting, Incorporated, et al.
Samuel Hatfield Winston — Winston Bergeron, LLP, Petitioner
Shread - Kvyr Kendall and Associates, Incorporated and XL Specialty Insurance Company
Albert Dale Clary — Long Law Firm, Respondent
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
Craig N. Mangum — Krebs Farley, PLLC, Respondent