| No. 21-1168 | |
| Title: | Robert Mallory, Petitioner v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. |
| Docketed: | February 23, 2022 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District |
| Case Numbers: | (3 EAP 2021) |
| Decision Date: | December 22, 2021 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Feb 18 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022) |
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| Mar 08 2022 | Brief of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in opposition filed. |
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| Mar 22 2022 | Reply of petitioner Robert Mallory filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 23 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022. |
| Apr 18 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022. |
| Apr 25 2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Apr 28 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Norfolk Southern Railway Co. |
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| Apr 28 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Robert Mallory |
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| May 05 2022 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| May 24 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 5, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 26, 2022. |
| Jun 14 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October, 11, 2022. |
| Jun 22 2022 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District. |
| Jul 01 2022 | Record received from the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Trial Division - Civil Office of judicial records. 1 - Box. |
| Jul 05 2022 | Brief and separate Statutory Appendix of petitioner Robert Mallory filed. |
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| Jul 05 2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jul 08 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Pennsylvania Association for Justice filed. |
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| Jul 11 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amici curiae of U.S. Terror Victims in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Amicus brief of Public Citizen not accepted for filing. (July 15, 2022 - Corrected PDF to be submitted.) |
| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amici curiae of The Center for Auto Safety and The Attorneys Information Exchange Group filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars on Corporate Registration and Jurisdiction in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Professors in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Stephen E. Sachs in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 12 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United Policyholders, Inc. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 21 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Aug 03 2022 | ARGUMENT RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, November 8, 2022. |
| Aug 26 2022 | Brief of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Co. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 29 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 01 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform and the Pennsylvania Manufactures’ Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 01 2022 | Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and the International Association of Defense Counsel filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers and Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Tanya Monestier filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States; American Tort Reform Association; Coalition for Litigation Justice; American Trucking Associations filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lea Brilmayer filed. |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 02 2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed. |
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| Sep 12 2022 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District. |
| Sep 23 2022 | Reply of petitioner Robert Mallory filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 03 2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 08 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Ashley C. Keller, Chicago, Ill. For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jun 27 2023 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., announced the judgment of the Court, delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and III–B, in which Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, and Jackson, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II, III–A, and IV, in which Thomas, Sotomayor, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kagan and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 28 2023 | Record returned to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Trial Division - Civil Office of judicial records. 1 - Box. |
| Jul 31 2023 | Judgment and mandate issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Ashley Conrad Keller Counsel of Record | Keller Postman LLC 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 4100 Chicago, IL 60606 ack@kellerpostman.com | 3127415222 |
| Party name: Robert Mallory | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Carter G. Phillips Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 cphillips@sidley.com | +1 202 736 8270 |
| Party name: Norfolk Southern Railway Co. | ||
| Other | ||
| James M. Beck Counsel of Record | Reed Smith LLP Three Logan Square, Suite 3100 1717 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2713 jmbeck@reedsmith.com | 215-851-8100 |
| Party name: Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform and the Pennsylvania Manufactures’ Association | ||
| Zach Chaffee-McClure Counsel of Record | Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP 2555 Grand Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108 zmcclure@shb.com | 816-559-2404 |
| Party name: DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and the International Association of Defense Counsel | ||
| Eric F. Citron Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com | (202) 362-0636 |
| Party name: U.S. Terror Victims | ||
| Larry E. Coben Counsel of Record | Anapol Weiss 8700 E. Vista Bonita Drive Suite 268 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 lcoben@anapolweiss.com | 480-515-4745 |
| Party name: The Center for Auto Safety and The Attorneys Information Exchange Group | ||
| Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr. Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 tdupree@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8500 |
| Party name: Association of American Railroads | ||
| Lawrence S. Ebner Counsel of Record | Atlantic Legal Foundation 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org | 202-349-1421 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation | ||
| Scott Andrew Eisman Counsel of Record | Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer LLP 601 Lexington Avenue 31st Floor New York, NY 10022 scott.eisman@freshfields.com | 2122774000 |
| Party name: Professor Lea Brilmayer | ||
| Andrew Nathan Ferguson Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street Richmond, VA 23219 AFerguson@oag.state.va.us | 8047867704 |
| Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia | ||
| Philip S. Goldberg Counsel of Record | Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP 1800 K Street, N.W. Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 pgoldberg@shb.com | 202-7838400 |
| Party name: National Association of Manufacturers and Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc | ||
| Christopher Edward Kozak Counsel of Record | Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 1346 N. Delaware Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 ckozak@psrb.com | 3176370700 |
| Party name: United Policyholders, Inc. | ||
| Ruxandra Maniu Laidacker Counsel of Record | Kline & Specter, P.C. 1525 Locust St., 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 andra.laidacker@klinespecter.com | 215-772-1452 |
| Party name: Pennsylvania Association for Justice | ||
| Lawrence Moses Mann Counsel of Record | Alper & Mann, PC 9205 Redwood Avenue Bethesda, MD 20817 mann.larrym@gmail.com | 202-298-9191 |
| Party name: Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys | ||
| Lawrence Moses Mann Counsel of Record | Alper & Mann, PC 9205 Redwood Avenue Bethesda, MD 20817 mann.larrym@gmail.com | 202-298-9191 |
| Party name: Academy of Rail Labor Attorenys | ||
| Sean Marotta Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 sean.marotta@hoganlovells.com | 2026374881 |
| Party name: Professor Tanya Monestier | ||
| John Mercer Masslon II Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 jmasslon@wlf.org | (202) 588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Alan B. Morrison Counsel of Record | George Washington Law School 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 abmorrison@law.gwu.edu | 2029947120 |
| Party name: Civil Procedure Professors | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||
| Andrew Stuart Pollis Counsel of Record | Case Western Reserve University School of Law 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106 andrew.pollis@case.edu | 2163682766 |
| Party name: Cassandra Burke Robertson, et al. | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Peter Bowman Rutledge Counsel of Record | 215 Morton Avenue Athens, GA 30605 borutledge70@gmail.com | 706 542 7140 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States; American Tort Reform Association; Coalition for Litigation Justice; American Trucking Associations | ||
| Stephen Edward Sachs Counsel of Record | Harvard Law School Lewis 311 1557 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 ssachs@law.harvard.edu | 617-495-5009 |
| Party name: Stephen E. Sachs | ||
| 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 | ||