Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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12-272 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2012 |
Issue: Whether the lower courts' preclusion of critical disputed issues absent any determination that those issues had been previously decided, in departure from traditional and heretofore universal preclusion law, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jun 25 2012 | Application (11A1244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 3, 2012 to September 1, 2012, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
Jun 26 2012 | Application (11A1244) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 1, 2012. |
Aug 31 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2012) |
Aug 31 2012 | Appendix of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. filed (Volumes I & II). |
Sep 28 2012 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 22, 2012. |
Oct 22 2012 | Brief of respondent Finna Clay, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Janie Mae Clay in opposition filed. |
Nov 5 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012. |
Nov 5 2012 | Reply of petitioners R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 26 2012 | Petition DENIED. |
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