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No. 21-1496
Title:Twitter, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Mehier Taamneh, et al.
Docketed:May 31, 2022
Linked with 21A501, 22A522
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(18-17192)
   Decision Date:June 22, 2021
   Rehearing Denied:December 27, 2021
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Mar 10 2022Application (21A501) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 27, 2022 to May 26, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Mar 14 2022Application (21A501) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 26, 2022.
May 26 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 30, 2022)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jun 21 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 30, 2022 to August 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jun 23 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
Jun 27 2022Letter from counsel for respondent Google, LLC submitted pursuant to Rule 12.6 filed.
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Jun 29 2022Letter from counsel for respondent Facebook, Inc. submitted pursuant to Rule 12.6 filed.
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Aug 15 2022Brief of respondents Mehier Taamneh, et al. in opposition filed.
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Aug 30 2022Reply of petitioner Twitter, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
Oct 03 2022Petition GRANTED.
Nov 02 2022Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Mehier Taamneh, et al.
Blanket Consent
Nov 03 2022Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and the opening briefs on the merits filed.
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Nov 07 2022Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and the opening briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits (including respondents in support) is extended to and including November 29, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2023.
Nov 17 2022Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Twitter, Inc.
Blanket Consent
Nov 17 2022Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Google LLC
Blanket Consent
Nov 22 2022Letter of petitioner amending corporate disclosure statement filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 29 2022Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Nov 29 2022Brief of petitioner Twitter, Inc. filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Nov 29 2022Brief of respondents Facebook, Inc. and Google LLC supporting petitioners filed.
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Nov 30 2022Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Facebook, Inc.
Blanket Consent
Dec 05 2022Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. filed.
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Dec 06 2022Brief amici curiae of Former State Department Legal Advisers in support of neither party filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Dec 06 2022Brief amicus curiae of The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Dec 06 2022Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed.
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Dec 06 2022Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Dec 06 2022Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Dec 06 2022Brief amici curiae of Institute of International Bankers, et al. filed.
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Dec 06 2022Brief amici curiae of InterAction, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2022Application (22A522) of respondents Taamneh, et al. to file a brief on the merits in excess of the word limitation, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Dec 15 2022Application to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit (22A522) granted by Justice Kagan, provided that the brief does not exceed 20,000 words.
Dec 19 2022SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Dec 20 2022Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Dec 21 2022The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is available on PACER.
Dec 21 2022The record from the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of California is available on PACER.
Jan 11 2023Brief of respondents Mehier Taamneh, et al. filed.
Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jan 17 2023CIRCULATED
Jan 18 2023Motion for divided argument and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed by respondents Facebook, Inc. and Google LLC supporting petitioner.
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Jan 18 2023Motion of the Acting 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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Jan 18 2023Brief amici curiae of Retired United States Generals Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jan 18 2023Brief amicus curiae of The Plaintiffs' General Committee in the MDL Addressing the Attacks of September 11, 2001 filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jan 18 2023Brief amicus curiae of The Plaintiffs' General Committee in the MDL Addressing the Attacks of September 11, 2001 filed.
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Jan 18 2023Brief amici curiae of 470 Victims of Terrorist Attacks filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amici curiae of 123 Victims of Terrorist Attacks filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amici curiae of Anti-Terrorism Act Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amici curiae of Former National Security Officials filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amicus curiae of Concerned Women for America filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amicus curiae of Senator Charles E. Grassley filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2023Brief amici curiae of The American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 26 2023Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
Jan 26 2023Motion for divided argument filed by respondents Facebook, Inc. and Google LLC supporting petitioner DENIED.
Feb 10 2023Reply of respondents Facebook, Inc., et al. supporting petitioner filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Reply of petitioner Twitter, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 22 2023Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Eric Schnapper, Seattle, Wash.
Mar 31 2023Letter of petitioner amending corporate disclosure statement filed. (Distributed)
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May 18 2023Judgment REVERSED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Jackson, J., filed a concurring opinion.
Jun 20 2023Judgment issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Seth P. Waxman
    Counsel of Record		Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037

SETH.WAXMAN@WILMERHALE.COM		202-663-6800
Party name: Twitter, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondents
Lisa Schiavo Blatt
    Counsel of Record		Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

lblatt@wc.com		202-434-5050
Party name: Google LLC supporting 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: Facebook, Inc. supporting petitioner
Eric Schnapper
    Counsel of Record		Univ. of Washington School of Law
P.O. Box 353020
Seattle, WA 98195

schnapp@uw.edu		206-616-3167
Party name: Mehier Taamneh, et al.
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071

tboutrous@gibsondunn.com		(213) 229-7804
Party name: Facebook, Inc.
Other
James Patrick Bonner
    Counsel of Record		Fleischman Bonner & Rocco LLP
81 Main Street
Suite 515
White Plains, NY 10601

JBONNER@FBRLLP.COM		646-415-1399
Party name: Anti-Defamation League
Beth Susan Brinkmann
    Counsel of Record		Covington & Burling
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956

bbrinkmann@cov.com		202-662-5312
Party name: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Glenn Ari Danas
    Counsel of Record		Clarkson Law Firm, P.C.
22525 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265

GDANAS@CLARKSONLAWFIRM.COM		213-788-4050
Party name: Retired United States Generals Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan
Mario Alberto Diaz
    Counsel of Record		Concerned Women for America
1000 N. Payne Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

mdiaz@cwfa.org		(202) 488-7000
Party name: Concerned Women for America
Geoffrey Paul Eaton
    Counsel of Record		Sparacino PLLC
1920 L St. NW
Ste. 835
Washington, DC 20036

GEOFF.EATON@SPARACINOPLLC.COM		202-422-8676
Party name: 123 Victims of Terrorist Attacks
Brian Halligan Fletcher
    Counsel of Record		Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530

Cheri.Williams2@usdoj.gov		202-514-2201
Party name: United States
Marc J. Gottridge
    Counsel of Record		Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Marc.Gottridge@hsf.com		917-542-7600
Party name: Institute of International Bankers, European Banking Federation, The Bank Policy Institute
Timothy Paul Harkness
    Counsel of Record		Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

timothy.harkness@freshfields.com		212-277-4000
Party name: InterAction and Charity & Security Network
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett
    Counsel of Record		Cooley LLP
3 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111, CA 94111

khartnett@cooley.com		(415) 693-2071
Party name: Center for Democracy & Technology, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern Carolina, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Knight First Amendment Institute At Columbia University, R Street Institute, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Scott A. Keller
    Counsel of Record		Lehotsky Keller LLP
200 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

scott@lehotskykeller.com		5126938350
Party name: Brief of Computer & Communications Industry Association, Netchoice, Software & Information Industry Association, Developers Alliance, Chamber Of Progress, Internet Infrastructure Coalition, And Act The App Association
Elbert Lin
    Counsel of Record		Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
951 E. Byrd Street
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
Richmond, VA 23219-4074

elin@HuntonAK.com		804-788-7202
Party name: Former State Department Legal Advisers
Hal R. Morris
    Counsel of Record		Saul Ewing LLP
161 North Clark Street
Suite 4200
Chicago, IL 60601

HAL.MORRIS@SAUL.COM		3128767100
Party name: The American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, and The Zachor Legal Institute
Gary Martin Osen
    Counsel of Record		OSEN LLC
190 Moore Street
Suite 272
Hackensack, NJ 07601

gosen@osenlaw.com		(201) 265-6400
Party name: Former National Security Officials
Michael A. Petrino
    Counsel of Record		Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP
901 15th Street, NW, STE 700
Washington, DC 20005

MPETRINO@STEINMITCHELL.COM		(202) 737-7777
Party name: Senator Charles E. Grassley
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: The Plaintiffs' General Committee in the MDL Addressing the Attacks of September 11, 2001
Andrew John Pincus
    Counsel of Record		Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

apincus@mayerbrown.com		202-263-3220
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Foreign Trade Council, United States Council for International Business, and Business Roundtable
David Brian Smallman
    Counsel of Record		Smallman + Snyder Law Group || Smallman Law PLLC
43 West 43rd Street
Suite 242
New York, NY 10036-7424

DavidBrian@DBSLawPLLC.com		9174140182
Party name: Gregory Clayborn Individually and as Successor-in-Interest of the Estate of Sierra Clayborn
Stephen I. Vladeck
    Counsel of Record		727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705

SVLADECK@LAW.UTEXAS.EDU		5124759198
Party name: Anti-Terrorism Act Scholars
Daniel Hirotsu Woofter
    Counsel of Record		Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814

DW@GOLDSTEINRUSSELL.COM		(202) 362-0636
Party name: 470 Victims of Terrorist Attacks

 

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