No. 17-1625
 
Title: Rimini Street, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Oracle USA, Inc., et al.
Docketed: June 1, 2018
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (16-16832, 16-16905)
   Decision Date: January 8, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: March 2, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 31 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2018)
Jun 28 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 2, 2018 to August 1, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jun 28 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 1, 2018.
Aug 01 2018 Brief of respondents Oracle USA Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Aug 14 2018 Reply of petitioners Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin filed.
Aug 15 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Sep 27 2018 Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Oct 24 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin.
Oct 26 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Oracle USA Inc., et al.
Nov 13 2018 Brief of petitioners Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin filed.
Nov 13 2018 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Nov 19 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Corpus Linguistics filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Patrick T. Gillen filed.
Nov 28 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, January 14, 2019
Nov 30 2018 CIRCULATED
Dec 06 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Dec 11 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Dec 12 2018 Record received from both the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit and the U.S.D.C. District of Nevada is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of some SEALED and Restricted documents that are electronic.
Dec 13 2018 Brief of respondents Oracle USA Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Ralph Oman filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Linguistics filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Music Publishers' Association, and Recording Industry Association of America filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of BSA | The Software Alliance. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Copyright Alliance filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Steven Baicker-Mckee filed. (Distributed)
Jan 03 2019 Justice Alito is no longer recused in this case.
Jan 04 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 04 2019 Reply of petitioners Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin filed. (Distributed)
Jan 14 2019 Argued. For petitioners: Mark A. Perry, Washington, D. C.; and Allon Kedem, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.
Mar 04 2019 Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Apr 05 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Mark Andrew Perry
Counsel of Record
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
2001 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

MARK.PERRY@WEIL.COM
Ph: (202) 682-7000
Party name: Rimini Street, Inc., and Seth Ravin


Attorneys for Respondents
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Oracle USA Inc., et al.


Other Attorneys
Beth Susan Brinkmann
Counsel of Record
Center for Reproductive Rights
1634 I Street NW Ste. 600
Washington, DC 20006

bbrinkmann@reprorights.org
Ph: (202) 628-0826
Party name: National Music Publishers' Association, and Recording Industry Association of America


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


Robert S. Friedman
Counsel of Record
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

rfriedman@sheppardmullin.com
Ph: (212) 653-8700
Party name: Professor Steven Baicker-Mckee


Eleanor Martine Lackman
Counsel of Record
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
437 Madison Avenue 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022

eml@msk.com
Ph: (212) 878-4890
Party name: Copyright Alliance


Joshua Craig McDaniel
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic
6 Everett St., Suite 5110
Cambridge, MA 02138

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6174964383
Party name: Professor Patrick T. Gillen


Stephen Michael Nickelsburg
Counsel of Record
Clifford Chance US LLP
2001 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1001

steve.nickelsburg@cliffordchance.com
Ph: (202) 912-5000
Party name: Scholars of Linguistics


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: BSA | The Software Alliance


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Scholars of Corpus Linguistics


Melissa Arbus Sherry
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

MELISSA.SHERRY@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-3386
Party name: Ralph Oman


Stefan Michael Mentzer
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1095

smentzer@whitecase.com
Ph: 212-819-8705
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association