No. 09-893
Title:
AT&T Mobility LLC, Petitioner
v.
Vincent Concepcion, et ux.
Docketed:January 26, 2010
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(08-56394)
  Decision Date:October 27, 2009
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 25 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2010)
Jan 27 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 29, 2010.
Jan 29 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Feb 2 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Feb 23 2010 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Feb 25 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Feb 25 2010 Brief amicus curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association filed.
Feb 25 2010 Brief amicus curiae of DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Mar 18 2010 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 26, 2010.
Apr 26 2010 Brief of respondents Vincent Concepcion, and Liza Concepcion in opposition filed.
May 3 2010 Reply of petitioner AT&T Mobility LLC filed.
May 4 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 20, 2010.
May 7 2010 Supplemental brief of respondents filed. (Distributed)
May 24 2010 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 15 2010 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 26, 2010.
Jun 15 2010 The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2010.
Jun 17 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jun 21 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Jul 9 2010 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner AT&T Mobility LLC.
Jul 20 2010 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 2, 2010.
Jul 20 2010 The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including September 22, 2010.
Aug 2 2010 Brief of petitioner AT&T Mobility LLC filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Class Action Fairness filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amici curiae of Distinguished Law Professors filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amici curiae of American Bankers Association, et al. filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amici curiae of DIRECTV, Inc., et al. filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amici curiae of South Carolina and Utah filed.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
Aug 16 2010 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Aug 16 2010 CIRCULATED.
Aug 24 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 9, 2010.
Sep 2 2010 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Sep 2 2010 Record for U.S.D.C. for Southern District of California is electronic.
Sep 7 2010 The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including September 29, 2010.
Sep 29 2010 Brief of respondents Vincent Concepcion, and Liza Concepcion filed. (Distributed)
Sep 30 2010 Brief amicus curiae of National Workrights Institute filed. (Distributed)
Oct 5 2010 Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure and Complex Litigation Professors filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Contracts Professors filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Jonathan C. Kaltwasser filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Arbitration Professors filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia and National Consumer Advocacy Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Federal Jurisdiction Professors filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2010 Brief amici curiae of Marygrace Coneff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2010 Reply of petitioner AT&T Mobility LLC filed. (Distributed)
Nov 9 2010 Argued. For petitioner: Andrew J. Pincus, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Deepak Gupta, Washington, D. C.
Apr 27 2011 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
May 31 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Kenneth S. Geller Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
    Counsel of Record1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
kgeller@mayerbrown.com
Party name: AT&T Mobility LLC
 
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006-1101
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: AT&T Mobility LLC
 
Evan M. Tager Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
etager@mayerbrown.com
Party name: AT&T Mobility LLC
Attorneys for Respondents:
Deepak Gupta Public Citizen Litigation Group(202) 588-1000
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC  20009
Party name: Vincent Concepcion, and Liza Concepcion
Other:
Debo P. Adegbile NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.(212) 965-2249
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor.
New York, NY  10013
dadegbile@naacpldf.org
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
 
Hiro N. Aragaki 1790 Broadway Suite 1300(212)-636-6678
New York, NY  10019
aragaki@forham.edu
Party name: Arbitration Professors
 
Leslie A. Bailey Public Justice, P.C.(510)-622-8150
555 Twelfth Street, Suite 1620
Oakland, CA  94607
lbailey@publicjustice.net
Party name: Marygrace Coneff, et al.
 
Brian P. Brooks O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5300
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Center for Class Action Fairness
 
Richard M. Brunell Director of Legal Advocacy(202) 600-9640
American Antitrust Institute
2919 Ellicott St., N.W.
Washington, DC  20008
rbrunell@antitrustinstitute.org
Party name: American Antitrust Institute
 
Paul D. Clement Bancroft PLLC(202) 234-0090
1919 M Street, N.W.
Suite 470
Washington, DC  20036
pclement@bancroftpllc.com
Party name: CTIA - The Wireless Association
 
Sarah C. Crawford National Partnership for Women & Families(202) 986-2600
1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 650
Washington, DC  20009
scrawford@nationalpartnership.org
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al.
 
Jeffrey S. Davidson Kirkland & Ellis LLP(213) 680-8400
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA  90071
jeff.davidson@kirkland.com
Party name: DIRECTV, Inc., et al.
 
Roy T. Englert Jr. Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP(202) 775-4500
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411
Washington, DC  20006
renglert@robbinsrussell.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
James A. Feldman 3750 Oliver Street, N.W.(202) 686-6607
Washington, DC  20015
Party name: National Academy of Arbitrators
 
Alan S. Kaplinsky Ballard Spahrl, LLP(215) 665-8500
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA  19103
kaplinsky@ballardspahr.com
Party name: American Bankers Association, et al.
 
Joseph N. Kravec Jr. Stember Feinstein Doyle Payne & Cordes LLC(412) 281-8400
429 Forbes Avenue, 17th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA  15219
jkravec@stemberfeinstein.com
Party name: Jonathan C. Kaltwasser
 
Deborah J. La Fetra Pacific Legal Foundation(916) 419-7111
3900 Lennane Drive Suite 200
Sacramento, CA  95834
djl@pacificlegal.org
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
 
Lewis L. Maltby National Workrights Institute(609) 683-0313
166 Wall Street
Princeton, NJ  08540
tstanton@umich.edu
Party name: National Workrights Institute
 
Andrew G. McBride Wiley, Rein LLP(202) 719-7135
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
amcbride@wileyrein.com
Party name: Distinguished Law Professors
 
Henry D. McMaster Attorney General(803) 734-3970
South Carolina Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 11549
Columbia, SC  29201
aggframpto@ag.state.sc.us
Party name: South Carolina and Utah
 
Andre M. Mura Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C. (202)-944-2860
777 6th St., N.W., Suite 520
Washington, DC  20001
andre.mura@cclfirm.com
Party name: American Association for Justice
 
Kevin C. Newsom Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP(205) 521-8803
1819 Fifth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL  35203
knewsom@babc.com
Party name: DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar
 
Benjamin G. Robbins New England Legal Foundation(617) 695-3660
150 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA  02111-2504
benrobbins@nelfonline.org
Party name: New England Legal Foundation
 
Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia(202) 628-1161
1331 H Street, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, DC  20005
BRVergeer@legalaiddc.org
Party name: Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia and National Consumer Advocacy Organizations
 
William B. Rubenstein Harvard Law School(617) 496-7320
1545 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02138
rubenstein@law.harvard.edu
Party name: Civil Procedure and Complex Litigation Professors
 
Michael A. Scodro Solicitor General(312) 814-3312
Office of the Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL  60601
mscodro@atg.state.il.us
Party name: Illinois, et al.
 
Peter K. Stris Whittier Law School(714) 444-4141
3333 Harbor Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA  92626
peter.stris@strismaher.com
Party name: Contracts Professors
 
Rae T. Vann Norris Tysse Lampley & Lakis LLP(202) 629-5600
1501 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC  20005
rvann@ntll.com
Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council
 
Stephen I. Vladeck 4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. (202)-274-4241
Washington, DC  20016
svladeck@wcl.american.edu
Party name: Federal Jurisdiction Professors
 
Elizabeth B. Wydra Constitutional Accountability Center(202) 296-6889
1200 18th St., N.W., Suite 501
Washington, DC  20036
elizabeth@theusconstitution.org
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center