No. 20-175

Jinil Steel Company, Limited v. ValuePart, Incorporated, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure forfeiture judicial-discretion legal-forfeiture oral-argument pleadings preservation-of-error procedural-preservation
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a litigant forfeit an argument by raising it thoroughly in an oral proceeding in bankruptcy court or other court of first instance, but not in a written pleading, where neither the bankruptcy court nor district court held the argument forfeited?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a litigant forfeits an argument by raising it thoroughly in an oral proceeding in bankruptcy court or other court of first instance, but not in a written pleading, where neither the bankruptcy court nor district court held the argument forfeited

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent Valupart, Incorporated to respond filed.
2020-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Jinil Steel Company, Limited
Jonathan Mark LittleBaker Botts L.L.P., Petitioner
Valupart, Incorporated
Stacy R. ObenhausFoley & Lardner LLP, Respondent