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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2706559, member: 71723&quot;]Just to give you an idea what this case is up against at conference, the conference docket has well over 250 cases on it. Maybe 4 to 6 will be accepted. I strongly suspect that clerks do a lot of this prep work and the most time will be spent on cases for which they have 3 solid votes for certiorari and in which Gorsuch might make the difference as the fourth.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular conference will almost certainly result in &quot;rehearing orders&quot; for cases in which the 8-member Court was deadlocked, further reducing the Langbord case&#039;s chances.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you need to understand is that the SCOTUS doesn&#039;t necessarily take cases where a court below &quot;got it wrong&quot;. They are much more likely to take cases where a significant federal issue is involved (this case HAS that element), and for which the Circuit Courts below have split on a key finding. Because this is a uniquely Philly case, and ONLY the Third Circuit has ever considered it, there is no Circuit split.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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