No. 18-520

WeConnect, Incorporated v. Brooks Goplin

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review due-process federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice standing sua-sponte unauthenticated-website website-authentication
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Federal Rules of Evidence 201, 901, and 902 and principles of due process forbid a district court to, sua sponte, take judicial notice of information presented on an unauthenticated website without notice to the parties or providing an opportunity to be heard.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Federal Rules of Evidence 201, 901, and 902 and principles of due process forbid a district court to, sua sponte, take judicial notice of information presented on an unauthenticated website without notice to the parties or providing an opportunity to be heard

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-30
Reply of petitioner WeConnect, Incorporated filed.
2018-11-19
Brief of respondent Brooks Goplin in opposition filed.
2018-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)

Attorneys

Brooks Goplin
David Carlton ZoellerHawks Quindel, S.C., Respondent
WeConnect, Incorporated
R. George BurnettLaw Firm of Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., Petitioner