| No. 23-13 | |
| Title: | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Petitioner v. Travis Abbott, et ux. |
| Docketed: | July 5, 2023 |
| Linked with 22A860 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-3418) |
| Decision Date: | December 5, 2022 |
| Rehearing Denied: | February 1, 2023 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 29 2023 | Application (22A860) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 2, 2023 to June 1, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| Apr 03 2023 | Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 1, 2023. |
| May 05 2023 | Application (22A860) to extend further the time from June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
| Written RequestProof of Service | |
| May 09 2023 | Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 30, 2023. |
| Jun 30 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 4, 2023) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jul 28 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 4, 2023 to August 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Jul 31 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2023, for all respondents. |
| Jul 31 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
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| Aug 04 2023 | Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice filed. |
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| Aug 04 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 04 2023 | Brief amici curiae of 3M, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 04 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Aug 15 2023 | Brief of respondents Travis Abbott, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Aug 30 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023. |
| Aug 30 2023 | Reply of petitioner E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 02 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023. |
| Oct 10 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023. |
| Oct 23 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023. |
| Oct 30 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023. |
| Nov 06 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023. |
| Nov 13 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023. |
| Nov 20 2023 | Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM | (202) 742-8900 |
| Party name: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Matthew W.H. Wessler Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler LLP 2001 K Street NW Suite 850 North Washington, DC 20006 MATT@GUPTAWESSLER.COM | 2028881741 |
| Party name: Travis Abbott, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Mark Alan Behrens Counsel of Record | Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 1800 K Street NW, Suite 1000 WASHINGTON, DC 20006 mbehrens@shb.com | 202-639-5621 |
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. | ||
| 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: DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice | ||
| Brian David Schmalzbach Counsel of Record | McGuireWoods LLP 800 East Canal Street Richmond, VA 23219 bschmalzbach@mcguirewoods.com | 8047754746 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the American Tort Reform Association, the American Chemistry Council, and Business Roundtable | ||
| Jonathan S. Tam Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP One Bush Street #1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 jonathan.tam@dechert.com | (415) 262-4518 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Katherine Crawford Yarger Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP 700 Colorado Blvd., #407 Denver, CO 80206 katie@lkcfirm.com | 5126938350 |
| Party name: 3M, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Tyco Fire Products and Medtronic | ||