| No. 14-1146 | ||||
| Title: |
| |||
| Docketed: | March 20, 2015 | |||
| Linked with 14A816 | ||||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |||
| Case Nos.: | (12-3753) |
| Decision Date: | August 25, 2014 |
| Rehearing Denied: | November 19, 2014 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jan 26 2015 | Application (14A816) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 17, 2015 to March 19, 2015, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Jan 29 2015 | Application (14A816) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 19, 2015. |
| Mar 19 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2015) |
| Mar 24 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from cousel for the petitioner |
| Mar 24 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Apr 13 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 27, 2015. |
| Apr 14 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of niether party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Chicken Council filed. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association filed. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. filed. |
| Apr 20 2015 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. |
| Apr 27 2015 | Brief of respondents Peg Bouaphakeo, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated in opposition filed. |
| May 11 2015 | Reply of petitioner Tyson Foods, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| May 12 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 28, 2015. |
| May 26 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 28, 2015. |
| Jun 1 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2015. |
| Jun 8 2015 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 12 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of niether party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jun 23 2015 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 7, 2015. |
| Jun 23 2015 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2015. |
| Jul 13 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Aug 7 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Aug 7 2015 | Brief of petitioner Tyson Foods, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Scholars in support of neither party filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Dow Chemical Company filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Trans Union LLC filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation and The International Association of Defense Counsel filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Sep 9 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
| Sep 10 2015 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. |
| Sep 21 2015 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1 Box ) |
| Sep 22 2015 | Brief of respondents Peg Bouaphakeo, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated filed. |
| Sep 28 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice, P.C. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of American Independent Business Alliance filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Economists and Other Social Scientists filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Braun and Hummel filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Impact Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Complex Litigation Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Urethanes Plaintiffs filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Alexandra D. Lahav & Sachin S. Pandya filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 9 2015 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Iowa, the record is electronic and SEALED. |
| Oct 19 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 21 2015 | Reply of petitioner Tyson Foods, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 10 2015 | Argued. For petitioner: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C. For respondents: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.; and Elizabeth Prelogar, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Mar 22 2016 | Judgment is affirmed and case remanded. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Alito, J., joined as to Part II. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. |
| Apr 25 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| Jul 18 2016 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit has been returned. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Carter G. Phillips | Sidley Austin LLP | (202) 736-8000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1501 K Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| cphillips@sidley.com | ||
| Party name: Tyson Foods, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Scott Michelman | Public Citizen Litigation Group | (202) 588-1000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1600 20th Street NW | |
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| smichelman@citizen.org | ||
| Party name: Peg Bouaphakeo, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated | ||
| David C. Frederick | Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C. | (202) 326-7951 |
| 1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| dfrederick@khhte.com | ||
| Party name: Peg Bouaphakeo, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated | ||
| Other: | ||
| J. Scott Ballenger | Latham & Watkins LLP | (202) 637-2145 |
| 555 11th Street, NW | ||
| Suite 1000 | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| scott.ballenger@lw.com | ||
| Party name: Association of American Railroads | ||
| John H. Beisner | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | (202) 371-7000 |
| 1440 New York Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| John.Beisner@skadden.com | ||
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. | ||
| Timothy S. Bishop | Mayer Brown LLP | (312) 782-0600 |
| 71 South Wacker Drive | ||
| Chicago, IL 60606 | ||
| tbishop@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: Dow Chemical Company | ||
| Anastasia P. Boden | 930 G Street | (916) 419-7111 |
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | ||
| apb@pacificlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (213) 229-7000 |
| 333 South Grand Avenue | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90071 | ||
| tboutrous@gibsondunn.com | ||
| Party name: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | ||
| Paul D. Clement | Bancroft PLLC | (202) 234-0090 |
| 500 New Jersey Ave., NW | ||
| Seventh Floor | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| pclement@bancroftpllc.com | ||
| Party name: Urethanes Plaintiffs | ||
| Robert A. Clifford | Clifford Law Offices | (312) 899-9090 |
| 120 N. LaSalle Street, 31st Floor | ||
| Chicago, IL 60602 | ||
| rac@cliffordlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Complex Litigation Law Professors | ||
| Allan H. Erbsen | University of Minnesota Law School | 612-626-6632 |
| 229 19th Avenue South | ||
| Minneapolis, MN 55455 | ||
| aerbsen@umn.edu | ||
| Party name: Civil Procedure Scholars in support of neither party | ||
| Philip S. Goldberg | Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | (202) 783-8400 |
| 1155 F Street NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| pgoldberg@shb.com | ||
| Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al. | ||
| Andrew M. Grossman | Baker & Hostetler LLP | (202)-861-1697 |
| Washington Sq., Suite 1100 | ||
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| agrossman@bakerlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Deepak Gupta | Gupta Wessler PLLC | (202) 888-1741 |
| 1735 20th Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| deepak@guptawessler.com | ||
| Party name: Impact Fund, et al. | ||
| William M. Jay | Goodwin Procter LLP | (202) 346-4000 |
| 901 New York Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| wjay@goodwinprocter.com | ||
| Party name: DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Martin S. Kaufman | Atlantic Legal Foundation | (914) 834-3322 |
| 2039 Palmer Avenue #104 | ||
| Larchmont, NY 10538 | ||
| mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation and The International Association of Defense Counsel | ||
| D. Christopher Lauderdale | Jackson Lewis, PC | (864)-232-7000 |
| 15 South Main St., Suite 700 | ||
| Greenville, SC 29601 | ||
| Lauderdc@jackonlewis.com | ||
| Party name: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association | ||
| Seth R. Lesser | Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP | (914) 934-9200 |
| Two International Drive, Suite 350 | ||
| Rye Brook, NY 10573 | ||
| seth@klafterolsen.com | ||
| Party name: AARP, et al. | ||
| Robert A. Long Jr. | Covington & Burling LLP | (202) 662-6000 |
| One City Center | ||
| 850 Tenth Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001-4956 | ||
| rlong@cov.com | ||
| Party name: Consumer Data Industry Association | ||
| Ellen Meriwether | Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP | (215) 864-2800 |
| 1101 Market Street, Suite 2650 | ||
| Philadelphia, PA 19107 | ||
| emeriwether@caffertyclobes.com | ||
| Party name: Economists and Other Social Scientists | ||
| Stephen J. Newman | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP | (310) 556-5800 |
| 2029 Century Park East | ||
| Suite 1600 | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90067 | ||
| lacalendar@stroock.com | ||
| Party name: Trans Union LLC | ||
| Sachin S. Pandya | University of Connecticut School of Law | 860 570-5169 |
| 65 Elizabeth Street | ||
| Hartford, CT 06105 | ||
| sachin.pandya@uconn.edu | ||
| Party name: Professors Alexandra D. Lahav & Sachin S. Pandya | ||
| Ashley C. Parrish | King & Spalding LLP | (202) 737-0500 |
| 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| aparrish@kslaw.com | ||
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. | ||
| Robert S. Peck | Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C. | (202) 944-2874 |
| 777 6th Street, NW, Suite 250 | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| robert.peck@cclfirm.com | ||
| Party name: Braun and Hummel | ||
| Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar | Assistant to the Solicitor General | (202) 514-2201 |
| Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Lynn K. Rhinehart | 815 16th Street, N.W. | (202) 637-5310 |
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| jcoppess@aflcio.org | ||
| Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations | ||
| David N. Rosen | David Rosen & Associates PC | (203) 787-3513 |
| 400 Orange St. | ||
| New Haven, CT 06511 | ||
| drosen@davidrosenlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Civil Procedure Professors | ||
| Richard A. Samp | Washington Legal Foundation | (202) 588-0302 |
| 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| rsamp@wlf.org | ||
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Jonathan D. Selbin | Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein | (212) 355-9500 |
| 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10013-1413 | ||
| jselbin@lchb.com | ||
| Party name: Public Justice, P.C. | ||
| Joseph M. Sellers | Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC | (202) 408-4600 |
| 1100 New York Avenue, NW | ||
| Suite 500 - West Tower | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| jsellers@cohenmilstein.com | ||
| Party name: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union | ||
| Carolyn E. Shapiro | Solicitor General | (312) 814-5376 |
| 100 West Randolph Street | ||
| 12th Floor | ||
| Chicago, IL 60601 | ||
| cshapiro@atg.state.il.us | ||
| Party name: Illinois, et al. | ||
| Thomas V. Urmy Jr. | Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP | (617) 439-3939 |
| 2 Seaport Lane | ||
| Boston, MA 02210 | ||
| turmy@shulaw.com | ||
| Party name: American Independent Business Alliance | ||
| Rae T. Vann | NT Lakis, LLP | (202) 629-5600 |
| 1501 M Street, N.W., Suite 400 | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| rvann@ntlakis.com | ||
| Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: the United States | ||
| Jeffrey R. White | Center for Constitutional Litigation PC | (202) 944-2803 |
| 777 6th Street, N.W., Suite 250 | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| jeffrey.white@cclfirm.com | ||
| Party name: American Association for Justice | ||
| James W. Wimberly Jr. | Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine PC | (404) 365-0900 |
| 3400 Peachtree Road NE | ||
| Suite 400 - Lenox Towers | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30326-1107 | ||
| jww@wimlaw.com | ||
| Party name: The National Chicken Council | ||