Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Conor McEvily

Today?s first petition of the day is:

Title: Miller-Goodwin v. City of Panama Beach, Florida
Docket: 10-471
Issue(s): Does a prima facie case of intentional gender discrimination require a judicial finding that a person of the opposite gender engaged in ?nearly identical? misconduct but received more favorable treatment than the plaintiff?

Certiorari-Stage Documents:

• Opinion below (11th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari

Akin Gump serves as counsel in the following case, which is listed without regard to its likelihood of being granted:

Title: North Star Alaska Housing Corporation v. United States
Docket: 10-122
Issue(s): Is a party's bad faith misconduct outside of court proceedings categorically exempt from an award of attorneys' fees under the ?bad faith exception? to the ?American Rule? that each party ordinarily pays its own fees?

Certiorari-Stage Documents:

• Opinion below (Federal Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).