No. 20-1411

Starline Tours of Hollywood, Inc. v. EHM Productions, Inc., dba TMZ, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-dismissal finality finality-doctrine judicial-participation ninth-circuit-interpretation pragmatic-approach technical-construction
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Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Ninth Circuit's undefined requirement for meaningful judicial participation impermissibly abandons this Court's longstanding mandate that "finality is to be given a practical rather than a technical construction," Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 417 U.S. 156, 171 (1974) (internal quotation marks omitted), and broadens the snare of the "finality trap."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit's undefined requirement for meaningful judicial participation impermissibly abandons this Court's longstanding mandate that 'finality is to be given a practical rather than a technical construction

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-12
Waiver of right of respondent EHM Productions, Inc., dba TMZ, et al. to respond filed.
2021-04-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 7, 2021)

Attorneys

EHM Productions, Inc., dba TMZ, et al.
Lennette LeeKing & Spalding, LLP, Respondent
Starline Tours of Hollywood, Inc.
Mohammed Kent GhodsLex Opus, Petitioner