| No. 15-513 | |
| Title: | State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Petitioner v. United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 21, 2015 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (14-60160) |
| Decision Date: | July 13, 2015 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 11, 2015 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 20 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2015) |
| Nov 20 2015 | Brief of respondents United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Tort Reform Association filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The Academy Advisors filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Nov 30 2015 | Reply of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed. |
| Dec 02 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| Apr 15 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Apr 25 2016 | Supplemental brief of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed. |
| May 03 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2016. |
| May 23 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016. |
| May 31 2016 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Jun 17 2016 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 29, 2016. |
| Jun 17 2016 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 12, 2016. |
| Jul 22 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Jul 29 2016 | Joint appendix filed. (3 volumes). |
| Jul 29 2016 | Brief of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed. |
| Jul 29 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Aug 05 2016 | Brief amici curiae of The American Tort Reform Association, et al. filed. |
| Aug 05 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
| Aug 05 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
| Aug 05 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Aug 05 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Government Procurement filed. |
| Aug 05 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
| Sep 02 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 |
| Sep 09 2016 | Record has been requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. |
| Sep 12 2016 | Brief of respondents United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. filed. |
| Sep 19 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 19 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed. |
| Sep 19 2016 | Received from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of Mississippi. (7 Boxes) a portion of the record is SEALED. |
| Sep 19 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund filed. |
| Sep 19 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Sep 28 2016 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 11 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 12 2016 | Reply of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 01 2016 | Argued. For petitioner: Kathleen M. Sullivan, New York, N. Y. For respondents: Tejinder Singh, Bethesda, Md.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Dec 06 2016 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jan 09 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Record from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of Mississippi has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Sheila L. Birnbaum Counsel of Record | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 sheilabirnbaum@quinnemanuel.com | (212) 849-7000 |
| Party name: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company | ||
| Kathleen M. Sullivan | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com | (212) 849-7000 |
| Party name: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| William E. Copley Counsel of Record | Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 wcopley@wmclaw..com | (202) 499-7900 |
| Party name: United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. | ||
| Tejinder Singh | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tsingh@goldsteinrussell.com | (202)-362-0636 |
| Party name: United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Cory L. Andrews | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 candrews@wlf.org | (202)-588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation | ||
| John F. Bash | Assistant to the Solicitor General Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Lawrence S. Ebner | Capital Appellate Advocacy, PLLC 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@capitalappellate.com | (202) 729-6337 |
| Party name: DRI-The Voice of The Defense Bar | ||
| Jessica L. Ellsworth | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 jessica.ellsworth@hoganlovells.com | (202) 637-5600 |
| Party name: The American Tort Reform Association, et al. | ||
| Ian Heath Gershengorn | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Jeffrey T. Green | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 jgreen@sidley.com | (202) 736-8000 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Dan Himmelfarb | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 dhimmelfarb@mayerbrown.com | (202) 263-3035 |
| Party name: Coalition for Government Procurement | ||
| Stephen M. Kohn | Kohn Kohn & Colapinto, LLP 3233 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 sk@kkc.com | (202) 342-6980 |
| Party name: National Whistleblower Center | ||
| Robert A. Long Jr. | Covington & Burling LLP One City Center 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-2401 rlong@cov.com | (202) 662-6000 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. | ||
| James C. Martin | Reed Smith LLP 225 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 jcmartin@reedsmith.com | (412) 288-3131 |
| Party name: The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Frederick M. Morgan Jr. | Morgan Verkamp LLC 35 East 7th Street, Suite 600 Cincinnati, OH 45202 rmorgan@morganverkamp.com | (513) 651-4400 |
| Party name: Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | ||
| David W. O'Brien | Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 dobrien@crowell.com | (202) 624-2500 |
| Party name: The Academy Advisors | ||