No. 20-1408

Keith Fernandez v. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 12(b)(6)-dismissal academic-fellowship breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights contract discrimination due-process education ethnicity-discrimination federal-precedent standing
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania err in its 12(b)(6) dismissal of the Fernandez case and did Wharton Business School breach its contract with the student with regards to the awarding of the Academic Excellence Fellowship for 2018?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Breach-of-contract-and-ethnicity-discrimination

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-22
Waiver of right of respondent Wharton School, et al. to respond filed.
2021-03-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 7, 2021)

Attorneys

Keith Fernandez
Keith Fernandez — Petitioner
Wharton School, et al.
James Andrew KellerSaul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, Respondent