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onenote

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32. In addition, the Second Circuit rejected her request for rehearing en banc in November.

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 05:42 PM

Jul 28

That being said, there is a split in the circuits on the underlying legal question, which greatly increases the chances the Court will grant the petition for cert. That doesn't mean, however, that she wins. It means the case will be scheduled for briefing and argument in the fall and that a decision, whenever it comes down, could go either way.

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