No. 20-1216

Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia jury-findings seventh-amendment sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-03-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard under the
Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v.
Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), should apply in civil cases under
the Seventh Amendment?

2. Whether a federal appellate court may overturn a federal civil
jury's factual findings, when properly admitted evidence, taken
in a light most favorable to the non-moving party, has been
presented at trial supporting the jury's factual findings?

3. Whether a federal appellate court may overturn a federal civil
jury's factual findings for insufficiency of evidence without
ordering a new trial?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the standard under the Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), should apply in civil cases under the Seventh Amendment?

Docket Entries

2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-03-08
Waiver of right of respondent Ford Motor Company, et al. to respond filed.
2021-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Faysal Khalaf
Charles Mark Pickrell — Petitioner
Ford Motor Company, et al.
Thomas G. HungarGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent