No. 19-1249

Phyllis Davis v. Echo Valley Condominium Association, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure fair-housing-act federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice-pleading pleading-standards state-law summary-judgment twombly
Latest Conference: 2020-06-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the liberal notice pleading standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) ceases to apply at the summary judgment stage.

2. Whether federal courts of appeals have the authority to adjudicate substantive matters not at issue and to establish common law rules without consideration of governing state law.

3. Whether the reasonableness inquiry for failure-to-accommodate claims under the Fair Housing Act is solely a question of law to be decided by courts instead of juries.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the liberal notice pleading standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) ceases to apply at the summary judgment stage

Docket Entries

2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-05-20
Waiver of right of respondent Echo Valley Condominium Assn. to respond filed.
2020-04-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Echo Valley Condominium Assn.
Kay Rivest ButlerStarr, Butler, Alexopoulos & Stoner, PLLC, Respondent
Phyllis Davis
Alan Joseph GochaBrooks Kushman P.C., Petitioner