| No. 16-466 | |
| Title: | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Petitioner v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 11, 2016 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of California |
| Case Numbers: | (S221038) |
| Decision Date: | August 29, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 07 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2016) |
| Oct 13 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondents. |
| Nov 10 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Nov 10 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
| Nov 10 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. filed. |
| Nov 10 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. |
| Nov 10 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of GlaxoSmithKline, LLC filed. |
| Nov 15 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 9, 2016. |
| Dec 07 2016 | Brief of respondents Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Dec 20 2016 | Reply of petitioner Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed. |
| Dec 21 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
| Jan 09 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017. |
| Jan 17 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2017. |
| Jan 19 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 13 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Petitioner. |
| Feb 13 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Respondents. |
| Feb 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 25, 2017 |
| Feb 24 2017 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of California. |
| Mar 01 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Mar 01 2017 | Brief of petitioner Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed. |
| Mar 02 2017 | Record received from the Supreme Court of California (1 box). |
| Mar 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of GlaxoSmithKline LLC filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Mar 08 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Texas Association of Broadcasters filed. |
| Mar 09 2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., et al. |
| Mar 09 2017 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed out of time by MoneyMutual LLP. |
| Mar 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Mar 27 2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., et al. GRANTED. |
| Mar 30 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Alan B. Morrison filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2017 | Brief of respondents Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 03 2017 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by MoneyMutual LLP GRANTED. |
| Apr 05 2017 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Apr 05 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Center for Auto Safety filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Attorneys Information Exchange Group filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of California Constitution Center filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Civil Procedure and Federal Courts filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice, P.C. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 07 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 11 2017 | Response of respondents to motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Apr 12 2017 | Reply of Acting Solicitor General to respondents' response to motion filed. |
| Apr 13 2017 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion. |
| Apr 18 2017 | Reply of petitioner Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 25 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. |
| Jun 19 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 21 2017 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jul 21 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Record from the Supreme Court of California has ben returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | (202) 637-5600 |
| Party name: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Thomas C. Goldstein Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tg@goldsteinrussell.com | (202) 362-0636 |
| Party name: Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Louis M. Bograd | Motley Rice, LLC 401 9th Street,nw, Suite 10013869623 Washington, DC 20004 lbograd@motleyrice.com | (202) 386-9623 |
| Party name: Public Justice, P.C. | ||
| Pamela Karten Bookman | Temple University Beasley School of Law 1719North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 pamela.bookman@temple.edu | (215) 204-8983 |
| Party name: Civil Procedure Professors | ||
| Jeffrey S. Bucholtz | King & Spalding LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 jbucholtz@kslaw.com | (202) 626-0500 |
| Party name: GlaxoSmithKline LLC | ||
| Larry Coben | Anapol Weiss 8700 E. Vista Bonita Drive Suite 268 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 lcben@anapolweiss.com | 480-515-4745 |
| Party name: The Center for Auto Safety | ||
| 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 | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | 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 | ||
| David C. Frederick | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 dfrederick@kellogghansen.com | (202) 326-7900 |
| Party name: TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., et al. | ||
| John Blaise Gsanger | The Edwards Law Firm Frost Bank Plaza, Ste. 1400 (78470) P.O. Drawer 480 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 | (361) 698-7600 |
| Party name: Attorneys Information Exchange Group | ||
| Mark Haddad | Sidley Austin LLP 555 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 mhaddad@sidley.com | (213) 896-6604 |
| Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America | ||
| Allan Ides | 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 allan.ides@lls.edu | (323) 793-6845 |
| Party name: Professors of Civil Procedure and Federal Courts | ||
| Erik S. Jaffe | Erik S. Jaffe, P.C. 5101 34th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20008 jaffe@esjpc.com | (202) 237-8165 |
| Party name: California Constitution Center | ||
| Martin S. Kaufman | Atlantic Legal Foundation 500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 320 Harrison, NY 10528 mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org | (914) 834-3322 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. | ||
| Rachel Peter Kovner | 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 rachel.kovner@usdoj.gov | (202) 514-8469 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Thomas S. Leatherbury | Vinson & Elkins LLP Trammel Crow Center 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, TX 75201 tleatherbury@velaw.com | (214) 320-7700 |
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Texas Association of Broadcasters | ||
| Jonathan S. Massey | Massey & Gail, LLP 1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 jmassey@masseygail.com | (202) 652-4511 |
| Party name: MoneyMutual LLP | ||
| Jonathan S. Massey | Massey & Gail, LLP 1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 jmassey@masseygail.com | (202) 652-4511 |
| Party name: MoneyMutual LLP | ||
| Alan B. Morrison | George Washington University Law School 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 abmorrison@law.gwu.edu | (202) 994-5157 |
| Party name: Alan B. Morrison | ||
| Robert S. Peck | Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C. 7916 Bressingham Drinve Faifax Station, VA 22039 robert.peck@cclfirm.com | (202) 944-2874 |
| Party name: The American Association for Justice | ||
| Joel Gerard Pieper | Womble Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, LLP 271 17th Street, N.W., Suite 2400 Atlanta, GA 30363 jpieper@wcsr.com | (404) 872-7000 |
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. | ||
| Andrew J. Pincus | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | (202) 263-3000 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. | ||
| Brent M. Rosenthal | Rosenthal Weiner LLP 12221 Merit Dr., Suite 1640 Dallas, TX 75251 brent@rosenthalweiner.com | (214) 871-6600 |
| Party name: Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization | ||
| Richard A. Samp | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 rsamp@wlf.org | (202) 588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al. | ||
| Alan E. Untereiner | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411L Washington, DC 20006 auntereiner@robbinsrussell.com | (202) 775-4500 |
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | 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: the United States | ||