| No. 15-1439 | |
| Title: | Cyan, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. |
| Docketed: | May 27, 2016 |
| Lower Ct: | Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District |
| Case Numbers: | (A146891) |
| Decision Date: | December 10, 2015 |
| Discretionary Court Decision Date: | February 24, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 24 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 27, 2016) |
| Jun 17 2016 | Waiver of right of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. to respond filed. |
| Jun 27 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 27 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors, Elizabeth Cosenza, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 29 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016. |
| Jul 01 2016 | Response Requested. (Due August 1, 2016) |
| Jul 20 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 24, 2016. |
| Aug 24 2016 | Brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Sep 07 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016. |
| Sep 08 2016 | Reply of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 03 2016 | The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Jun 05 2017 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jun 06 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2017. |
| Jun 06 2017 | Supplemental brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 26 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2017. |
| Jun 27 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 26 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. |
| Aug 03 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2017. |
| Aug 03 2017 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 13, 2017. |
| Aug 11 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. |
| Aug 28 2017 | Brief of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Aug 28 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Aug 31 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Stock Exchange LLC filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, et al. filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al. filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Business Roundtable, et al. filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
| Sep 05 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Commissioners filed. |
| Oct 06 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 28, 2017. |
| Oct 13 2017 | Brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. filed. |
| Oct 18 2017 | Record requested from the Court of Appeal of California First Appellate District. |
| Oct 18 2017 | Record received from the Superior Court of California County of San Francisco. (1Box). |
| Oct 19 2017 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 19 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Institutional Investors filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Jurisdiction and Securities Law Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 20 2017 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 06 2017 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. IN PART, and the time is to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for petitioners, 25 minutes for respondents, and 10 minutes for the Solicitor General. |
| Nov 09 2017 | Record received from the Court of Appeal of California First Appellate District Division. (1 envelope), also part of the record is electronic. |
| Nov 13 2017 | Reply of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 22 2017 | Supplemental brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. filed.(Distributed) |
| Nov 27 2017 | Motion of petitioners to strike the supplemental brief of respondents filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Nov 27 2017 | Supplemental Brief of Cyan, Inc., et al. not accepted for filing. (January 08, 2018) |
| Nov 28 2017 | Argued. For petitioners: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae, in support of affirmance: Allon Kedem, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. |
| Jan 08 2018 | Motion of petitioners to strike the supplemental brief of respondents is GRANTED. |
| Mar 20 2018 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Apr 23 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Apr 23 2018 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Aug 29 2018 | The record from the Court of Appeal of California First Appellate has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Boris Feldman Counsel of Record | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 boris.feldman@wsgr.com | 650-493-9300 |
| Party name: Cyan, Inc., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Thomas C. Goldstein Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tgoldstein@goldsteinrussell.com | (202) 362-0636 |
| Party name: Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. | ||
| Andrew S. Love | Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Post Montgomery Center One Montgomery St., Suite 1800 San Francisco, CA 94104 alove@rgrdlaw.com | (415) 288-4545 |
| Party name: Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| James Connolly Dugan Counsel of Record | Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 jdugan@willkie.com | (212)-728-8000 |
| Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al. | ||
| John Charles Dwyer Counsel of Record | Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 | 650-843-5000 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| David C. Frederick Counsel of Record | 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 dfrederick@kellogghansen.com | 202-326-7900 |
| Party name: Institutional Investors | ||
| Jared Mitchell Gerber Counsel of Record | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006 jgerber@cgsh.com | 212-225-2000 |
| Party name: Former SEC Commissioners | ||
| Douglas Wesley Greene Counsel of Record | Baker Hostetler LLP 999 3rd Avenue Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98104 dgreene@bakerlaw.com | 206-332-1380 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| James Glenn Kreissman Counsel of Record | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP 2475 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 jkreissman@stblaw.com | 650 251 5000 |
| Party name: Alibaba Group Holding Limited, et al. | ||
| Mary Massaron Counsel of Record | Plunkett Cooney 38505 Woodward Ave. Suite 100 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com | 248-901-4000 |
| Party name: DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Edmund Polubinski Counsel of Record | Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 edmund.polubinski@davispolk.com | (212)-450-4000 |
| Party name: Business Roundtable, et al. | ||
| Aaron Michael Streett Counsel of Record | Baker Botts, L.L.P. 910 Louisiana Street Houston, TX 77002 aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com | (713)-229-1234 |
| Party name: New York Stock Exchange LLC | ||
| James C. Dugan | Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 jdugan@willkie.com | (212) 728-8000 |
| Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al. | ||
| Tower C. Snow Jr. | Cooley, LLP 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 | (415) 693-2000 |
| Party name: Law Professors, Elizabeth Cosenza, et al. | ||