No. 17-1471
Title:Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., Petitioner
v.
George W. Jackson
Docketed:April 25, 2018
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(17-1627)
   Decision Date:January 22, 2018
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Apr 23 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 25, 2018)
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May 14 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 25, 2018 to June 25, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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May 18 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 25, 2018.
May 22 2018Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
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May 25 2018Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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May 25 2018Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
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Jun 25 2018Brief of respondent George W. Jackson in opposition filed.
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Jul 10 2018Reply of petitioner Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. filed.
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Jul 11 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Sep 27 2018Petition GRANTED. In addition to the questions presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Should this Court's holding in Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U. S. 100 (1941)—that an original plaintiff may not remove a counterclaim against it—extend to third-party counterclaim defendants?
Nov 09 2018Brief of petitioner Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. filed.
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Nov 09 2018Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Nov 15 2018Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
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Nov 16 2018Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed.
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Nov 16 2018Amicus brief of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America not accepted for filing. (November 16, 2018) (Duplicate submission)
Nov 16 2018Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Nov 28 2018SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Nov 30 2018CIRCULATED
Dec 10 2018Brief of respondent George W. Jackson filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 11 2018Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Dec 11 2018Record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Dec 13 2018Record from the U.S.D.C. Western District of North Carolina is electronic and located on PACER. The record is complete.
Dec 17 2018Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 17 2018Brief amicus curiae of The National Consumer Law Center filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 08 2019Reply of petitioner Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 15 2019Argued. For petitioner: William P. Barnette, Atlanta, Ga. For respondent: F. Paul Bland, Washington, D. C.
May 28 2019Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined.
Jun 21 2019Petition for Rehearing filed.
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Jul 11 2019DISTRIBUTED.
Aug 05 2019Rehearing DENIED.
Aug 05 2019JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
William Peter Barnette
    Counsel of Record		Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.
2455 Paces Ferry Road, C-20
Atlanta, GA 30339

will_barnette@homedepot.com		770-384-5197
Party name: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Sarah E. HarringtonGoldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814

sharrington@goldsteinrussell.com		202-362-0636
Party name: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Attorneys for Respondent
Brian William Warwick
    Counsel of Record		Varnell & Warwick, P.A.
P.O. Box 1870
Lady Lake, FL 32158

bwarwick@varnellandwarwick.com		352-753-8600
Party name: George W. Jackson
Other
Lawrence S. Ebner
    Counsel of Record		Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

lawrence.ebner@capitalappellate.com		202-729-6337
Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar
Laura Kathleen McNally
    Counsel of Record		Loeb & Loeb, LLP
321 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60654

lmcnally@loeb.com		312-464-3155
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Archis Ashok Parasharami
    Counsel of Record		Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

aparasharami@mayerbrown.com		202-263-3328
Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Richard A. Samp
    Counsel of Record		Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-0000

rsamp@wlf.org		202-588-0302
Party name: Washinton Legal Foundation, et al.
Jason L. Lichtman
    Counsel of Record		Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, LLP
250 Hudson Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10013

jlichtman@lchb.com		(212) 355-9500
Party name: THE NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER
Gerson H. Smoger
    Counsel of Record		Smoger & Associates
13250 Branch View Lane
Dallas, TX 75234

gerson@texasinjurylaw.com		9722435297
Party name: American Association for Justice