No. 19-548
Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al.
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that the suit was both objectively and subjectively baseless?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that the suit was both objectively and subjectively baseless?
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-27
Brief of respondents Joseph Corcoran, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2019)
2019-09-23
Application (19A332) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 25, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.
2019-09-23
Application (19A332) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until October 25, 2019.
Attorneys
Joseph Corcoran, et al.
Ilana Hope Eisenstein — DLA Piper LLP (US), Respondent
Joseph R. Mullins
Jonathan M. Albano — Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Petitioner