No. 24-880

NexPoint Asset Management, L.P., fka Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P., et al. v. Highland Capital Management, L.P.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split credibility-determination material-fact non-moving-party self-serving-testimony summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, contrary to the decisions of multiple other circuits that properly preserve the province of the jury to decide genuinely disputed issues of material fact, the Fifth Circuit erred in permitting trial courts to draw inferences and make credibility determinations against a party offering self-interested testimonial evidence in opposition to a motion for summary judgment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, contrary to the decisions of multiple other circuits that properly preserve the province of the jury to decide genuinely disputed issues of material fact, the Fifth Circuit erred in permitting trial courts to draw inferences and make credibility determinations against a party offering self-interested testimonial evidence in opposition to a motion for summary judgment?

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-02-19
Waiver of Highland Capital Management, L.P. of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-19
Waiver of right of respondent Highland Capital Management, L.P. to respond filed.
2025-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2025)
2025-01-13
Application (24A677) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 13, 2025.
2025-01-03
Application (24A677) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 14, 2025 to March 15, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Highland Capital Management, L.P.
Roy T. Englert Jr.Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Respondent
NexPoint Asset Management, L.P., fka Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P., et al.
Erik S. JaffeSchaerr | Jaffe LLP, Petitioner