Jake Ellis Daughtry, et al. v. Silver Fern Chemical, Inc., et al.
1. Whether Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. permits a fraud claim based on misrepresentations to a third-party government agency that cause injury to the plaintiff, or whether the Fifth Circuit may impose a categorical first-party reliance requirement.
2. Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars state-law fraud claims against private parties who fabricated evidence, where success would establish only their misconduct and not necessarily imply the invalidity of any conviction.
Whether Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. permits a fraud claim based on misrepresentations to a third-party government agency that causes injury to the plaintiff, or whether the Fifth Circuit may impose a categorical first-party reliance requirement