No. 19-526

Dexter Edwards, dba Edwards Land and Cattle v. Genex Cooperative, Inc.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: cattle-reproduction choice-of-law civil-procedure contract contract-law diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federalism oral-agreement state-law
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the court of appeals violate Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and the pragmatic federalism it represents by refusing to apply established North Carolina contract law to determine the rights and liabilities of the parties under their oral agreement for respondent's delivery of liquid nitrogen to petitioner's elite cattle reproduction business?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the court of appeals violate Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and the pragmatic federalism it represents by refusing to apply established North Carolina contract law to determine the rights and liabilities of the parties under their oral agreement for respondent's delivery of liquid nitrogen to petitioner's elite cattle reproduction business?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-27
Brief of respondent Genex Cooperative, Inc. in opposition filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2019-11-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 29, 2019. See Rule 30.1.
2019-11-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 21, 2019 to November 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2019-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2019)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Edwards
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
Genex Cooperative, Inc.
John Matthew Little — Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, LLP, Respondent
J. Matthew Little — Teague Campbell, Respondent