No. 15-1439
 
Title: Cyan, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al.
Docketed: May 27, 2016
Lower Ct: Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District
   Case Numbers: (A146891)
   Decision Date: December 10, 2015
Discretionary Court Decision Date: February 24, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 24 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 27, 2016)
Jun 17 2016 Waiver of right of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. to respond filed.
Jun 27 2016 Brief amici curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 27 2016 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors, Elizabeth Cosenza, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 29 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
Jul 01 2016 Response Requested. (Due August 1, 2016)
Jul 20 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 24, 2016.
Aug 24 2016 Brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 07 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
Sep 08 2016 Reply of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 03 2016 The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 23 2017 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jun 05 2017 Supplemental brief of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed.
Jun 06 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2017.
Jun 06 2017 Supplemental brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 26 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2017.
Jun 27 2017 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 26 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al.
Aug 03 2017 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2017.
Aug 03 2017 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 13, 2017.
Aug 11 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al.
Aug 28 2017 Brief of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed.
Aug 28 2017 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Aug 31 2017 Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amicus curiae of New York Stock Exchange LLC filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al. filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, et al. filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Business Roundtable, et al. filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Commissioners filed.
Sep 05 2017 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
Oct 06 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
Oct 13 2017 Brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. filed.
Oct 18 2017 Record requested from the Court of Appeal of California First Appellate District.
Oct 18 2017 Record received from the Superior Court of California County of San Francisco. (1Box).
Oct 19 2017 CIRCULATED
Oct 19 2017 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Oct 20 2017 Brief amici curiae of Institutional Investors filed. (Distributed)
Oct 20 2017 Brief amici curiae of Federal Jurisdiction and Securities Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Oct 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association filed. (Distributed)
Oct 20 2017 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Nov 06 2017 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. IN PART, and the time is to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for petitioners, 25 minutes for respondents, and 10 minutes for the Solicitor General.
Nov 09 2017 Record received from the Court of Appeal of California First Appellate District Division. (1 envelope), also part of the record is electronic.
Nov 13 2017 Reply of petitioners Cyan, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 22 2017 Supplemental brief of respondents Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al. filed.(Distributed)
Nov 27 2017 Motion of petitioners to strike the supplemental brief of respondents filed.
Nov 27 2017 Supplemental Brief of Cyan, Inc., et al. not accepted for filing. (January 08, 2018)
Nov 28 2017 Argued. For petitioners: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae, in support of affirmance: Allon Kedem, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md.
Jan 08 2018 Motion of petitioners to strike the supplemental brief of respondents is GRANTED.
Mar 20 2018 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Apr 23 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 23 2018 MANDATE ISSUED.
Aug 29 2018 The record from the Court of Appeal of California First Appellate has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Boris Feldman
Counsel of Record
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
855 Main Street
Redwood City, CA 94063

boris.feldman@freshfields.com
Ph: 650-618-9250
Party name: Cyan, Inc., et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Thomas C. Goldstein
Counsel of Record

4323 Hawthorne Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016

TOM@TOMGOLDSTEIN.NET
Ph: (202) 674-7594
Party name: Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al.


Andrew S. Love

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Post Montgomery Center
One Montgomery St., Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104

alove@rgrdlaw.com
Ph: (415) 288-4545
Party name: Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, et al.


Other Attorneys
James Connolly Dugan
Counsel of Record
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019

jdugan@willkie.com
Ph: 212-728-8000
Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al.


John Charles Dwyer
Counsel of Record
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

dwyerjc@cooley.com
Ph: 6508435000
Party name: Law Professors


Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


David C. Frederick
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-3209

DFREDERICK@KELLOGGHANSEN.COM
Ph: 202-326-7900
Party name: Institutional Investors


Jared Mitchell Gerber
Counsel of Record
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017

jmgerber@mwe.com
Ph: 2125475400
Party name: Former SEC Commissioners


Douglas Wesley Greene
Counsel of Record
Baker Hostetler LLP
999 3rd Avenue
Suite 3600
Seattle, WA 98104

dgreene@bakerlaw.com
Ph: 206-566-7090
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


James Glenn Kreissman
Counsel of Record
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

jkreissman@stblaw.com
Ph: 650 251 5000
Party name: Alibaba Group Holding Limited, et al.


Mary Massaron
Counsel of Record
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C.
38505 Woodward Ave
Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com
Ph: 313-983-4801
Party name: DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar


Edmund Polubinski III
Counsel of Record
Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017

edmund.polubinski@davispolk.com
Ph: 212-450-4000
Party name: Business Roundtable, et al.


Aaron Michael Streett
Counsel of Record
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002

AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM
Ph: 7132291234
Party name: New York Stock Exchange LLC


James C. Dugan
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019

jdugan@willkie.com
Ph: (212) 728-8000
Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, et al.


Tower C. Snow Jr.
Cooley, LLP
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

Ph: (415) 693-2000
Party name: Law Professors, Elizabeth Cosenza, et al.