No. 19-7831October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020
Docket 19-7831October Term 2019 (2019–2020)
Cortez v. Davis
Cortez v.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 4, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 4, 2020
- What it's about
Cortez v. Davis is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit where a petition for a writ of certiorari was filed. The specific details and legal issues of the dispute are not provided in the available record.
Question presented
Whether the Fifth Circuit’s “extraordinary circumstances” test for reopening a judgment under Rule 60(b)(6) is inconsistent with this Court’s decisions in Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 759 (2017), and Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524 (2005).
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit / Decision released May 4, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Mar 31, 2026
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