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Murphy v. Sloan

Petition for certiorari denied on January 26, 2015
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-632 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: Whether the majority of United States courts should continue to interpret the term “habitual residence” in the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in a manner that directly conflicts with the global consensus outside the United States, the views of the Third, Sixth and Eighth Circuits, and the plain meaning of the term.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 21 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 29, 2014)
Dec 19 2014Brief of respondent William Milligan Sloan in opposition filed.
Jan 7 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 23, 2015.
Jan 12 2015Reply of petitioner Elaine Mary Murphy filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2015Petition DENIED.