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Carson v. Hyland

Petition for certiorari denied on April 17, 2023
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
22-634 2nd Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2022

Issue: Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 abrogates the Supreme Court’s holdings that payments in common-fund class actions to compensate representative plaintiffs for their personal services are inequitable, “illegal” and “decidedly objectionable."

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jan 05 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)
Jan 27 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 8, 2023 to March 10, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 30 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 10, 2023, for all respondents.
Feb 27 2023Waiver of right of respondent William Yeatman to respond filed.
Mar 10 2023Brief of respondents Kathryn Hyland, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Mar 10 2023Brief of respondents Navient Corporation and Navient Solutions, LLC in opposition filed. VIDED.
Mar 28 2023Reply of petitioner Richard Estle Carson III filed.(Distributed)
Mar 29 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
Apr 17 2023Petition DENIED.