No. 18-950

LaTasha Freeman v. American K-9 Detection Services, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-01-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-uncertainty political-question political-question-doctrine private-defendants private-plaintiffs split-of-authority standing state-law-tort tort
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

The question presented is whether, and if so under what circumstances, the political question doctrine bars ordinary state-law tort actions brought by private plaintiffs against private defendants.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the political question doctrine bars ordinary state-law tort actions by private plaintiffs against private defendants

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent American K-9 Detection Services, LLC to respond filed.
2019-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2019)

Attorneys

American K-9 Detection Services, LLC
Wallace Bernard JeffersonAlexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Respondent
LaTasha Freeman
Charles Randall FloresBeck, Redden & Secrest, LLP, Petitioner