No. 19-749

William S. Ritter v. John R. Tuttle, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process full-faith-and-credit interstate-judicial-recognition new-york pennsylvania res-judicata sealed-documents
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section l) attach to an order of a New York Appellate Court that is res judicata as it applies to sealed documents bound by that order that were used at trial and sentencing of Appellant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, knowing that Ford v. Ford, 371 U.S. 187 (1962) requires the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to recognize a New York order as binding if a New York court would be bound by it?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section 1) attach to an order of a New York Appellate Court that is res judicata as it applies to sealed documents bound by that order that were used at trial and sentencing of Appellant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, knowing that Ford v. Ford, 371 US. 187 (1962) requires the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to recognize a New York order as binding if a New York court would be bound by it?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent Monroe County District Attorney to respond filed.
2019-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Monroe County District Attorney
Michael RakaczewskiMonroe County District Attorneys Office, Respondent
William S. Ritter, Jr.
William S. Ritter Jr. — Petitioner