No. 11-1085
Title:
Amgen Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
Docketed:March 5, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(09-56965)
  Decision Date:November 8, 2011
  Rehearing Denied:December 28, 2011
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 1 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2012)
Mar 26 2012 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 4, 2012.
Apr 4 2012 Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Commissioners, et al. filed.
Apr 4 2012 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Apr 4 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
May 2 2012 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 11, 2012.
May 11 2012 Brief of respondent Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds in opposition filed.
May 21 2012 Reply of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed.
May 22 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 7, 2012.
May 31 2012 Letter and attachment of respondent Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds filed. (Distributed)
Jun 4 2012 Letter of petitioner Amgen Inc., et al. in response filed. (Distributed)
Jun 11 2012 Petition GRANTED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Jun 21 2012 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2012.
Jun 21 2012 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 20, 2012.
Jul 16 2012 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Amgen Inc., et al.
Jul 23 2012 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, November 5, 2012
Jul 25 2012 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Aug 2 2012 Record recieved from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 box)
Aug 3 2012 Record recieved from U.S.D.C. for Central District of California. (2 boxes)
Aug 8 2012 Brief of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed.
Aug 13 2012 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Aug 13 2012 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondent.
Aug 14 2012 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
Aug 15 2012 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Aug 15 2012 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
Aug 15 2012 Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Commissioners, et al. filed.
Aug 15 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed.
Aug 24 2012 CIRCULATED.
Sep 20 2012 Brief of respondent Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Justice Breyer is no longer recused in this case.
Sep 27 2012 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief of National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Sep 27 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice, P.C. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure and Securities Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief amicus curiae of AARP filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief amici curiae of New York City Pension Funds, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief amici curiae of Financial Economists filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2012 Brief amici curiae of California Public Employees' Retirement System, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 15 2012 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 22 2012 Reply of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 5 2012 Argued. For petitioners: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.; and Melissa Arbus Sherry, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Feb 27 2013 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined, and in which Scalia, J., joined except for Part I-B.
Apr 1 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 5 2013 Record returned to U.S. D.C. for Central District of California.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
    Counsel of Record1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Amgen Inc., et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
David C. Frederick Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.(202) 326-7900
    Counsel of Record1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
dfrederick@khhte.com
Party name: Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
 
Christopher J. McDonald Labaton Sucharow LLP(212) 907-0700
140 Broadway
New York, NY  10005
cmcdonald@labaton.com
Party name: Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
 
Jonathan M. Plasse Labaton Sucharow LLP(212)-907-0700
140 Broadway
New York, NY  10005
jplasse@labaton.com
Party name: Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
Other:
Cory L. Andrews Washington Legal Foundation(202)-588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
candrews@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Jay W. Eisenhofer Grant & Eisenhofer PA(646) 722-8500
123 Justison Street
Wilmington, DE  10017
jeisenhofer@gelaw.com
Party name: California Public Employees' Retirement System, et al.
 
John P. Elwood Vinson & Elkins LLP(202) 639-6500
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC  20037
jelwood@velaw.com
Party name: Law Professors
 
William Curtis Fredericks Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP(212)-554-1405
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10019
wfredericks@blbglaw.com
Party name: National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys
 
Eric Alan Isaacson Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP(619) 231-1058
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA  92101
EricI@rgrdlaw.com
Party name: Civil Procedure and Securities Law Professors
 
Stephen R. McAllister Thompson Ramsdell & Qualseth, P.A.(785) 841-4554
333 W. 9th Street
Lawrence, KS  66044
stevermac@fastmail.fm
Party name: New York City Pension Funds, et al.
 
Scott L. Nelson Public Citizen Litigation Group(202) 588-1000
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
snelson@citizen.org
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.
 
James E. Nutt 3301 Gun Club Road(561) 682-6253
West Palm Beach, FL  33401
jnutt@sfwmd.gov
Party name: Former SEC Commissioners, et al.
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Melissa Arbus Sherry Assistant to the Solicitor General(202)-637-2355
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Amgen Inc., et al. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
 
Aaron M. Streett Baker Botts L.L.P.(713) 229-1234
One Shell Plaza, 910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX  77002-4995
aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United jStates of America
 
William F. Sullivan Paul, Hastings, LLP(213) 683-6000
515 S. Flower Street, 25th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90071
williamsullivan@oaulhastings.com
Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
 
Jay E. Sushelsky AARP Foundation Litigation(202) 434-2060
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20049
jsushelsky@aarp.org
Party name: AARP
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: the United States
 
Earl Landers Vickery 3007 Dancy Street (512) 435-6666
Austin, TX  78722
lanny@grandecom.net
Party name: Public Justice, P.C.
 
Ernest A. Young 203 Strolling Way(919) 360-7718
Durham, NC  27708
young@law.duke.edu
Party name: Financial Economists