| No. 16-285 | |
| Title: | Epic Systems Corporation, Petitioner v. Jacob Lewis |
| Docketed: | September 2, 2016 |
| Linked with 16A93 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-2997) |
| Decision Date: | May 26, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 25 2016 | Application (16A93) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 24, 2016 to September 23, 2016, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Jul 29 2016 | Application (16A93) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 23, 2016. |
| Sep 02 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2016) |
| Sep 07 2016 | Consent to filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner. |
| Sep 20 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent. |
| Sep 29 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 14, 2016. |
| Sep 30 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Sep 30 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of International Association of Defense Counsel filed. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. |
| Nov 14 2016 | Brief of respondent Jacob Lewis in opposition filed. |
| Nov 29 2016 | Reply of petitioner Epic Systems Corporation filed. |
| Nov 30 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
| Jan 09 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017. |
| Jan 13 2017 | Petition GRANTED The petition for a writ of certiorari in Nos. 16-300 and 16-307 are granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| Jan 25 2017 | The following briefing schedule is adopted: Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and respondents in No. 16-307 will file opening and reply briefs under the schedule set forth in Rules 25.1 and 25.3. Respondents in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and petitioner in No. 16-307 will file response briefs under the schedule set forth in Rule 25.2. VIDED. |
| Feb 20 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Respondent. |
| Feb 21 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and the opening briefs is extended to and including April 28, 2017. VIDED. |
| Feb 21 2017 | The time to file the response briefs is extended to and including July 27, 2017. VIDED. |
| Apr 11 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Apr 28 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and the opening briefs is further extended to and including June 9, 2017. VIDED. |
| Apr 28 2017 | The time to file the response briefs is further extended to and including August 9, 2017. VIDED. |
| Jun 07 2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Epic Systems Corporation. |
| Jun 09 2017 | Brief of petitioner Petitioner Epic Systems Corporation and Respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States supporting Petitioners in Nos.16-285 and 16- 300 and supporting Respondents in No.307 filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Business Roundtable supporting Epic Systems Corp., Ernst & Young LLP, and Murphy Oil USA, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Employers Group in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and in support of the Respondent Murphy Oil USA in No. 16-307 filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent Murphy Oil in No.16-307 filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of HR Policy Association filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Law Professors filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Mortgage Bankers Association and State Mortgage Lending Association filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of International Association of Defense Counsel filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of American Staffing Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Bristol Farms filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Council on Labor Law Equality, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 19 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 2, 2017. VIDED. |
| Aug 01 2017 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit. |
| Aug 02 2017 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is located on PACER with the exception of SEALED documents which are electronic. |
| Aug 09 2017 | Brief of respondent Jacob Lewis filed. |
| Aug 09 2017 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Illinois is electronic. |
| Aug 10 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed. VIDED. |
| Aug 14 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 15 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Ten International Labor Unions, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Statement of amici in support of motion of NLRB for divided argument filed. VIDED. |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Labor Law Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Motion for divided argument filed by NLRB. VIDED. |
| Aug 16 2017 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED. |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Maryland, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Main Street Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Susan Fowler filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 16 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Taxi Workers Alliance filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Aug 25 2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Sep 08 2017 | Reply of petitioner Epic Systems Corporation and respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 25 2017 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Sep 25 2017 | Motion for divided argument filed by NLRB GRANTED. |
| Oct 02 2017 | Argued. For petitioners in Nos. 16-285 & 16-300: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For petitioner, acting as respondent, in No. 16-307: Richard F. Griffin, Jr., Washington, D. C. For respondents in Nos. 16-285 & 16-300: Daniel R. Ortiz, Charlottesville, Va. VIDED. |
| Oct 03 2017 | Letter of NLRB regarding oral argument filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| May 21 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, 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. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED. |
| Jun 22 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | |
| Party name: Epic Systems Corporation and respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc., et al. | ||
| Paul D. Clement | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W Washington, DC 20005-5793 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 202-879-5000 |
| Party name: Epic Systems Corp. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Daniel Roy Ortiz Counsel of Record | 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 dortiz@law.virginia.edu | 434-924-3127 |
| Party name: Jacob Lewis | ||
| David C. Zoeller Counsel of Record | Hawks Quindel ,S.C. 222 W. Washington Ave., Suite 450 Madison, WI 53701-2155 dzoeller@hq-law.com | (608) 257-0040 |
| Party name: Jacob Lewis | ||
| Harold C. Becker | 815 16th St., NW Washington, DC 20006 cbecker@aflcio.org | (202) 637-5000 |
| Party name: Sheila M. Hobson | ||
| Max Folkenflik | Folkenflik & McGerity, LLP 1500 Broadway, Suite 812 New York, NY 10036 mfolkenflik@fmlaw.net | (212) 757-0400 |
| Party name: Stephen Morris and Kelly McDaniel | ||
| Jeffrey A. Schwartz | Jackson Lewis P.C. 1155 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30309-3600 jschwartz@jacksonlewis.com | (404) 525-8200 |
| Party name: Murphy Oil USA, Inc., et al. | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 kshanmugam@wc.com | (202) 434-5000 |
| Party name: Ernst & Young LLP and Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | ||
| Other | ||
| David M. Axelrad Counsel of Record | Horvitz and Levy LLP 3601 West Olive Avenue 8th Floor Burbank, CA 91505-4681 daxelrad@horvitzlevy.com | 818-995-0800 |
| Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: the United States | ||
| David C. Frederick Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 dfrederick@kellogghansen.com | (202)-326-7951 |
| Party name: Labor Law Professors | ||
| Christopher Charles Murray Counsel of Record | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 111 Monument Circle, Suite 4600 Indianapolis, IN 46204 christopher.murray@odness.com | 317-916-2522 |
| Party name: Council on Labor Law Equality, et al. | ||
| Michael Rubin Counsel of Record | Altshuler Berzon LLP 177 Post Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 mrubin@altshulerberzon.com | 415-421-7151 |
| Party name: Ten International Labor Unions, et al. | ||
| Raymond Audain | NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector St., 5th Floor New York, NY 10006 raudain@naacpldf.org | 212-965 -2200 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. | ||
| David M. Axelrad | Horvitz & Levy LLP 3601 W. Olive Ave., 8th floor Burbank, CA 91505-468 daxelrad@horvitzlevy.com | (818) 995-0800 |
| Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Samuel Robert Bagenstos | 625 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 sbagen@gmail.com | 734-647-7584 |
| Party name: Main Street Alliance | ||
| Christopher D. Baker | Baker Curtis & Schwartz, P.C. 44 Montgomery St., Suite 3520 San Francisco, CA 94104 cbaker@bakerlp.com | 415-433-1064 |
| Party name: Susan Fowler | ||
| Edward Fouad Berbarie | Littler Mendelson, P.C. 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 1500, Lock Box 116 Dallas, TX 75201-2931 eberbarie@littler.com | (214)-880-8100 |
| Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al. | ||
| Matthew William Finkin | National Academy of Arbitrators University of Illinois College of Law 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820 mfinkin@illinois.edu | (217)-333-3884 |
| Party name: National Academy of Arbitrators | ||
| Stephen Andrew Fogdall | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP 1600 Market Street Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 sfogdall@schnader.com | (215)-751-2581 |
| Party name: Mortgage Bankers Association and State Mortgage Lending Association | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202-296-6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Deepak Gupta | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 deepak@guptawessler.com | 202-888-1741 |
| Party name: American Association for Justice | ||
| Beth Heifetz | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 bheifetz@jonesday.com | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: The Employers Group in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and in support of the Respondent Murphy Oil USA in No. 16-307 | ||
| Patrick Browning Hughes | Assistant Attorney General 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 phughes@oag.state.md.us | 410-576-6325 |
| Party name: Maryland, et al. | ||
| William M. Jay | Goodwin Procter LLP 901 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 wjay@goodwinlaw.com | (202) 346-4000 |
| Party name: The Business Roundtable supporting Epic Systems Corp. Ernst & Young LLP, and Murphy Oil USA, Inc. | ||
| Steven B. Katz | Costangy Brook Smith & Prophete LLP 2029 Century Park East Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90067 skatz@constangy.com | (310) 909-7775 |
| Party name: Bristol Farms | ||
| Martin S. Kaufman | Atlantic Legal Foundation 500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 320 Harrison, NY 10528 mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org | (914) 834-3322 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation | ||
| Deborah J. La Fetra | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 dlafetra@pacificlegal.org | (916) 419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| John B. Lewis | Baker & Hostetler LLP Key Tower, Suite 2000 127 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114 jlewis@bakerlaw.com | (216) 621-0200 |
| Party name: American Staffing Association, et al. | ||
| Thomas R. McCarthy | Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC Antonin Scalia Law School Supreme Court 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22201 tom@consovoymccarthy.com | 703-243-9423 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Jeanne Mirer | Mirer, Mazzocchi, Julien & Chickedantz 150 Broadway, Suite 1200 New York, NY 10038 jmirer@mmsjlaw.com | 212-231-2235 |
| Party name: New York Taxi Workers Alliance | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc. | ||
| Andrew J. Pincus | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | (202) 263-3000 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Benjamin G. Robbins | New England Legal Foundation 150 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111-2504 benrobbins@nelfonline.org | (617) 695-3660 |
| Party name: New England Legal Foundation | ||
| Richard A. Samp | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 rsamp@wlf.org | (202) 588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent Murphy Oil in No.16-307 | ||
| Samuel Scott Shaulson | Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP 101 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178 sshaulson@morganlewis.com | 212.309.6718 |
| Party name: HR Policy Association | ||
| Mary-Christine Sungaila | Haynes and Boone, LLP 600 Anton Blvd., Suite 700 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 mc.sungaila@haynesboone.com | (949) 202-3062 |
| Party name: International Association of Defense Counsel | ||
| Adam G. Unikowsky | Jenner & Block, LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001-4412 aunikowsky@jenner.com | (202) 639-6000 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. | ||
| Rae T. Vann | NT Lakis, LLP 1501 M Street, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 rvann@ntlakis.com | (202) 629-5600 |
| Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council | ||