No. 20-1526

Warnock Engineering, L.L.C., et al. v. Canton Municipal Utilities

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure due-process federal-pleading-standards first-amendment johnson-v-shelby pleading-standards quantum-meruit retaliation-claim standing summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the dismissal of
Petitioners' quantum meruit claim due to alleged inadequate pleading should be
reviewed because it conflicts with federal pleading standards and the Supreme
Court's decision in Johnson v. Shelby, Mississippi, 574 U.S. 10 (2014).

2. Whether the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the summary
judgment dismissal of the Petitioner's First Amendment retaliation claim should be
reviewed because it conflicts with the Rule 56 standard and sanctions the imposition
of a direct, rather than circumstantial, evidentiary burden.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the dismissal of Petitioners' quantum meruit claim due to alleged inadequate pleading should be reviewed because it conflicts with federal pleading standards and the Supreme Court's decision in Johnson v. Shelby, Mississippi, 574 U.S. 10 (2014)

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-04-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Canton Municipal Utilities
Edward Blackmon Jr.Blackmon & Blackmon, PLLC, Respondent
Warnock Engineering, L.L.C., et al.
W. Thomas McCraney IIIMcCraney Montagnet Quin & Noble, PLLC, Petitioner