| No. 17-961 | |
| Title: | Theodore H. Frank, et al., Petitioners v. Paloma Gaos, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. |
| Docketed: | January 8, 2018 |
| Linked with 18A242 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-15858) |
| Decision Date: | August 22, 2017 |
| Rehearing Denied: | October 5, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jan 03 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2018) |
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| Jan 23 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 7, 2018 to March 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jan 24 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 9, 2018, for all respondents. |
| Feb 07 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 07 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
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| Feb 07 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed. |
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| Feb 07 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Attorney General of Arizona, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 09 2018 | Brief of respondent Google LLC in opposition filed. |
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| Mar 09 2018 | Brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Mar 22 2018 | Reply of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 28 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018. |
| Apr 16 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018. |
| Apr 23 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018. |
| Apr 30 2018 | Petition GRANTED. |
| May 03 2018 | Motion for an extension of time filed. |
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| May 15 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 9, 2018. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 29, 2018. |
| Jul 02 2018 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jul 09 2018 | Brief of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 12 2018 | Amicus brief of Cato Institute not accepted for filing. (July 12, 2018) |
| Jul 12 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Americans for Prosperity filed. |
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| Jul 13 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Jul 13 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Former Professor Roy A. Katriel in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 13 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers for Civil Justice filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Amicus brief of American Bar Association not accepted for filing. (July 17, 2018 - Brief does not comply with Rules 33 & 34. To be reprinted.) |
| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Attorneys General of Arizona, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amici curiae of David Lowrey, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of New Jersey Civil Justice Institute filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute for Policy Research filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 16 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed. |
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| Aug 20 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
| Aug 29 2018 | Brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 29 2018 | Brief of respondent Google LLC filed. |
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| Sep 04 2018 | Motion for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by Former Professor Roy A. Katriel. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Amicus brief of Professor William B. Rubenstein not accepted for filing. (Resubmitted with all required documentation - September 05, 2018) |
| Sep 05 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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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of The Center for Democracy and Technology, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor William B. Rubenstein filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association and TechNet filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Aid Organizations filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Civil Justice Research Initiative filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Spectrum Settlement Recovery, LLC filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of The New York Bar Foundation and The New York State Bar Association filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. and Public Citizen Foundation filed. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Amicus brief of National Consumer Law Center, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief to be resubmitted - September 10, 2018) |
| Sep 05 2018 | Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents. |
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| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 07 2018 | Opposition of petitioners to motion of Former Professor Roy A. Katriel for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Sep 07 2018 | Application (18A242) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Sep 10 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Sep 11 2018 | Application (18A242) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted in part by The Chief Justice. Petitioners' reply brief on the merits may not exceed 7,000 words. |
| Sep 12 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 28 2018 | Reply of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 01 2018 | Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED. |
| Oct 01 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 01 2018 | Motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by Former Professor Roy A. Katriel DENIED. |
| Oct 23 2018 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2018 | Supplemental brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 31 2018 | Argued. For petitioners: Theodore H. Frank, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent Google LLC: Andrew J. Pincus, Washington, D. C. For respondents Gaos, et al.; Jeffrey A. Lamken, Washington, D. C. |
| Nov 06 2018 | The parties and the Solicitor General are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing whether any named plaintiff has standing such that the federal courts have Article III jurisdiction over this dispute. The briefs, not to exceed 6,000 words, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, November 30, 2018. Reply briefs, not to exceed 3,000 words, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, December 21, 2018. |
| Nov 19 2018 | Motion for an extension of time to file the supplemental briefs and replies filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file the supplemental briefs and replies denied |
| Nov 29 2018 | Supplemental brief of petitioners filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 30 2018 | Supplemental brief of respondent Google LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 30 2018 | Supplemental brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 30 2018 | Supplemental brief of United States as amicus curiae in support of neither party filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 21 2018 | Supplemental reply brief of petitioners filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 21 2018 | Supplemental reply brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 21 2018 | Supplemental reply brief of respondent Google LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 21 2018 | Supplemental reply brief of United States as amicus curiae supporting neither party filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 20 2019 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Apr 22 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Theodore Harold Frank Counsel of Record | Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 tfrank@gmail.com | 2023312263 |
| Party name: Theodore H. Frank, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Donald Manwell Falk Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 dfalk@mayerbrown.com | 650-331-2000 |
| Party name: Google LLC | ||
| Kassra Powell Nassiri Counsel of Record | Nassiri & Jung LLP 4 Embarcadero Center Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 kass@njfirm.com | 415-762-3111 |
| Party name: Paloma Gaos, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Alan Lamken | MoloLamken LLP The Watergate, Suite 660 600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20037 jlamken@mololamken.com | (202) 556-2000 |
| Party name: Paloma Gaos, et al. | ||
| Andrew John Pincus | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3220 |
| Party name: Google LLC | ||
| Other | ||
| Lori B. Andrews Counsel of Record | Chicago-Kent College of Law 565 West Adams Street Chicago, IL 60661 landrews@kentlaw.iit.edu | 312-906-5359 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| John Richard Annand Counsel of Record | NT Lakis, LLP 1501 M Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 jannand@ntlakis.com | 202-629-5617 |
| Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance | ||
| Hilarie Bass Counsel of Record | American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60610 abapresident@americanbar.org | 312-988-5109 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 caso@chapman.edu | 877-855-3330 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Atlantic Legal Foundation | ||
| John C. Eastman Counsel of Record | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence c/o Fowler School of Law Chapman University One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 jeastman@chapman.edu | 877-855-3330 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Joseph E Feibelman Counsel of Record | Burch Porter & Johnson, PLLC 130 North Court Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 jfeibelman@bpjlaw.com | 901-524-5109 |
| Party name: New Jersey Civil Justice Institute | ||
| Benjamin Noah Gutman Counsel of Record | Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court St NE Salem, OR 97301 benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us | 503-378-4402 |
| Party name: States of Oregon, et al. | ||
| Roy Arie Katriel Counsel of Record | The Katriel Law Firm, P.C. 4660 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92122 rak@katriellaw.com | 858-546-4435 |
| Party name: Former Professor Roy A. Katriel | ||
| Jeremy Lynn Kidd Counsel of Record | Mercer University School of Law 1021 Georgia Ave. Macon, GA 31207 kidd_j@law.mercer.edu | 571-345-6533 |
| Party name: Cato Institute and Americans for Prosperity | ||
| David H. Kramer Counsel of Record | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 dkramer@wsgr.com | 650-493-9300 |
| Party name: Computer & Communications Industry and Technet | ||
| Eric Leslie Lewis Counsel of Record | Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC 1101 New York Avenue NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 eric.lewis@lbkmlaw.com | 2028338900 |
| Party name: Spectrum Settlement Recovery, LLC | ||
| C.Thomas Ludden Counsel of Record | Lipson Neilson P.C. 3910 Telegraph Road, Suite 200 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 tludden@lipsonneilson.com | 248-981-8995 |
| Party name: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | ||
| Christopher May Mason Counsel of Record | Nixon Peabody LLP Tower 46 55 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036-4120 cmason@nixonpeabody.com | 212-940-3017 |
| Party name: The New York Bar Foundation and The New York State Bar Association | ||
| Mary Massaron Counsel of Record | Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. 38505 Woodward Ave Suite 100 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com | 313-983-4801 |
| Party name: Lawyers for Civil Justice | ||
| Ashley C. Parrish Counsel of Record | King & Spalding 1700 Pensylvania Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006-2706 aparrish@kslaw.com | 202-626-2627 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Antigone Gabriella Peyton Counsel of Record | Protorae Law PLLC 1921 Gallows Road Suite 950 Tysons, VA 22182 apeyton@protoraelaw.com | 7037498507 |
| Party name: David Lowrey, Raymond J. Pepperell, Blake Morgan, and Guy Forsyth | ||
| Michael E. Rosman Counsel of Record | Center For Individual Rights 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 625 Washington, DC 20036 rosman@cir-usa.org | 2028338400 |
| Party name: Center for Individual Rights | ||
| Stuart Todd Rossman Counsel of Record | National Consumer Law Center 7 Winthrop Square, Fourth Floor Boston, MA 02110 srossman@nclc.org | 617-542-8010 |
| Party name: National Consumer Law Center, et al. | ||
| Marc Rotenberg Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 rotenberg@epic.org | 202-415-6788 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center | ||
| William B. Rubenstein Counsel of Record | 1545 Massachusetts Avenue AR323 Cambridge, MA 02138 rubenstein@law.harvard.edu | 617-496-7320 |
| Party name: Professor William B. Rubenstein | ||
| Oramel Horace Skinner Counsel of Record | Arizona Attorney General's Office 2005 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 o.h.skinner@azag.gov | 602-542-5025 |
| Party name: Attorney General of Arizona, et al. | ||
| Gerson H. Smoger Counsel of Record | Smoger & Associates, P.C. 13250 Branch View Ln. Dallas, TX 75234 gerson@texasinjurylaw.com | 972-243-5297 |
| Party name: Civil Justice Research Institute | ||
| Leslie M.F. Spencer Counsel of Record | Ropes & Gray, LLP 1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor East Palo Alto, CA 10036 leslie.spencer@ropesgray.com | 1-917-836-9379 |
| Party name: The Center for Democracy and Technology, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The National Consumers League | ||
| Jeffrey Robert White Counsel of Record | American Association for Justice 777 6th Street NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20001-3723 jeffrey.white@justice.org | 2029442839 |
| Party name: American Association for Justice | ||
| Allison M. Zieve Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 azieve@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc. and Public Citizen Foundation | ||
| Wilber H. Boies Counsel of Record | McDermott Will & Emery, LLP 444 W. Lake St. Suite 4000 Chicago, IL 60606 bboies@mwe.com | 3129847686 |
| Party name: Legal Aid Organizations | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | 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 | ||