No. 20-9

Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Puri, et al. v. Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights corporate-law de-novo-review due-process ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment ministerial-exception standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. May a Court of Appeals on de novo review of summary judgment refuse to decide a claim predicated on a failure of two non-religious corporations, with religious affiliates, to comply with neutral principles of corporate law, when the sole basis for the District Court's decision was that the Ministerial Exception and Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine barred the claim?

2. May the Court of Appeals, on de novo review of a summary judgment, sua sponte weigh the evidence on disputed fact issues and make findings not supported by the record, in direct conflict with this Court's ruling in American Pipe & Const. Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538, 559, 94 S. Ct. 756, 769 (1974), to affirm on the ground of statute of limitations which was not granted by the District Court, to avoid deciding First Amendment issues properly before it?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a court of appeals on de novo review refuse to decide a claim predicated on a failure of non-religious corporations to comply with neutral principles of corporate law

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-06
Waiver of right of respondent EWTC Management LLC to respond filed.
2020-07-24
Waiver of right of respondent Siri Ram Kaur Khalsa to respond filed.
2020-07-17
Waiver of right of respondents Lewis M. Horowitz and Lane Powell PC to respond filed.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Puri, et al.
Surjit Paul Singh SoniTHE SONI LAW FIRM, Petitioner
EWTC Management LLC
Paul J. SouthwickDavis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent
Lewis M. Horowitz and Lane Powell PC
Joseph C. ArellanoFoster Garvey PC, Respondent
Siri Ram Kaur Khalsa
Leslie S. JohnsonSamuels Yoelin Kantor, LLP, Respondent