Hillmann v. City of Chicago
Petition for certiorari denied on May 15, 2017
Issue: (1) Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction to reach back and decide whether a case should have been tried after there has been a full trial on the merits, if the question presented involves a pure legal conclusion, as four circuits have clearly held, or whether all defenses raised in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50 motions must be evaluated in light of the character and quality of the trial evidence, as other circuits have held; and (2) whether a court of appeals' review of denial of judgment as a matter of law after a full trial on the merits can ignore direct and circumstantial evidence, as well as the reasonable inferences drawn from the evidence, that supported the jury's verdict.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, April 6, 2017)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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01/13/2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2017) |
01/25/2017 | Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois to respond filed. |
02/08/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 24, 2017. |
02/16/2017 | Response Requested . (Due March 20, 2017) |
03/16/2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 3, 2017. |
04/03/2017 | Brief of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois in opposition filed. |
04/14/2017 | Reply of petitioner Robert P. Hillmann filed. |
04/19/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017. |
05/15/2017 | Petition DENIED. |