No. 21-1222
Joel David Joseph v. American General Life Insurance Company
Tags: california-constitution diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine judicial-procedure ninth-circuit oral-argument res-judicata ripeness
Latest Conference:
2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does this court's decision in Erie Railroad v Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), require the United states Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to conduct oral argument in a diversity case under e California Constitution which requires oral argument on appeal?
2. Does res judicata apply to earlier proceeding an when the earlier case was not ripe for adjudication?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Erie doctrine require oral argument in a diversity case under the California Constitution?
Docket Entries
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2022)
Attorneys
Joel Joseph
Joel David Joseph — Petitioner