| No. 17-1625 | |
| Title: | Rimini Street, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Oracle USA, Inc., et al. |
| Docketed: | June 1, 2018 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (16-16832, 16-16905) |
| Decision Date: | January 8, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | March 2, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 31 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2018) |
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| Jun 28 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 2, 2018 to August 1, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jun 28 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 1, 2018. |
| Aug 01 2018 | Brief of respondents Oracle USA Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Aug 14 2018 | Reply of petitioners Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin filed. |
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| Aug 15 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018. |
| Sep 27 2018 | Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| Oct 24 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin. |
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| Oct 26 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Oracle USA Inc., et al. |
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| Nov 13 2018 | Brief of petitioners Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin filed. |
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| Nov 13 2018 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Nov 19 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Corpus Linguistics filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Patrick T. Gillen filed. |
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| Nov 28 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, January 14, 2019 |
| Nov 30 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 06 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Dec 11 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Dec 12 2018 | Record received from both the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit and the U.S.D.C. District of Nevada is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of some SEALED and Restricted documents that are electronic. |
| Dec 13 2018 | Brief of respondents Oracle USA Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Ralph Oman filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Linguistics filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Music Publishers' Association, and Recording Industry Association of America filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of BSA | The Software Alliance. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Copyright Alliance filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Steven Baicker-Mckee filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 03 2019 | Justice Alito is no longer recused in this case. |
| Jan 04 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jan 04 2019 | Reply of petitioners Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 14 2019 | Argued. For petitioners: Mark A. Perry, Washington, D. C.; and Allon Kedem, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. |
| Mar 04 2019 | Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Apr 05 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Mark Andrew Perry Counsel of Record | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 mperry@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8500 |
| Party name: Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Oracle USA Inc., et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Beth Susan Brinkmann Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956 bbrinkmann@cov.com | 202-662-5312 |
| Party name: National Music Publishers' Association, and Recording Industry Association of America | ||
| 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 | ||
| Robert S. Friedman Counsel of Record | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 30 Rockefeller Plaza 39th Floor New York, NY 10112 rfriedman@sheppardmullin.com | 212-653-8700 |
| Party name: Professor Steven Baicker-Mckee | ||
| Eleanor Martine Lackman Counsel of Record | Cowan Debaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP 41 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor New York, NY 10010 Elackman@cdas.com | 212-974-7474 |
| Party name: Copyright Alliance | ||
| Joshua Craig McDaniel Counsel of Record | Horvitz & Levy LLP 3601 W. Olive Avenue, 8th Floor Burbank, California, CA 91505 jmcdaniel@horvitzlevy.com | 8189950800 |
| Party name: Professor Patrick T. Gillen | ||
| Stephen Michael Nickelsburg Counsel of Record | Clifford Chance US LLP 2001 K St NW Washington, DC 20006 steve.nickelsburg@cliffordchance.com | 202-912-5108 |
| Party name: Scholars of Linguistics | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3220 |
| Party name: BSA | The Software Alliance | ||
| Gene Clayton Schaerr Counsel of Record | Schaerr | Jaffe 1717 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 gschaerr@schaerr-jaffe.com | 202-787-1060 |
| Party name: Scholars of Corpus Linguistics | ||
| Melissa Arbus Sherry Counsel of Record | 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 melissa.sherry@lw.com | 202-637-3386 |
| Party name: Ralph Oman | ||
| Stefan Michael Mentzer Counsel of Record | White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1095 smentzer@whitecase.com | 212-819-8705 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||