| No. 17-432 | |
| Title: | China Agritech, Inc., Petitioner v. Michael H. Resh, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 22, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-55432) |
| Decision Date: | May 24, 2017 |
| Rehearing Denied: | July 3, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 21 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2017) |
| Oct 12 2017 | Waiver of right of respondent Charles Law to respond filed. |
| Oct 23 2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. |
| Oct 23 2017 | Brief of respondents William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 07 2017 | Reply of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed. |
| Nov 08 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017. |
| Dec 04 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017. |
| Dec 08 2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. GRANTED. |
| Dec 08 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 17 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, China Agritech, Inc.. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 22 2018 | Brief of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed. |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Jan 24 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 26, 2018 |
| Jan 24 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V.. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 26 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI--The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Feb 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 21 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Feb 21 2018 | Brief of respondents William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 21 2018 | Supplemental joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceOther | |
| Feb 27 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Post-Dukes Successor Class Actions filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amici curiae of AARP and AARP Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amici curiae of American Association for Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 16 2018 | Reply of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 26 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Seth A. Aronson, Los Angeles, Cal. For respondents: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 11 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. |
| Jul 13 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Seth Alben Aronson Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers LLP 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 saronson@omm.com | (213) 430-6000 |
| Party name: China Agritech, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Charles Eric Coleman Counsel of Record | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP 2020 West El Camino Avenue Suite 700 Sacramento, CA 95833 Charles.Coleman@lewisbrisbois.com | 916--564-5400 |
| Party name: Charles Law | ||
| David C. Frederick Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036-3209 dfrederick@kellogghansen.com | 202-326-7900 |
| Party name: William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. | ||
| Matthew Moylan Guiney | Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLP 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 guiney@whafh.com | 212.545.4600 |
| Party name: William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. | ||
| Other | ||
| George Edward Anhang Counsel of Record | Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 GAnhang@Cooley.com | 2028427880 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Max W. Berger Counsel of Record | Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 44th Floor New York, NY 10020 MWB@blbglaw.com | 212-554-1403 |
| Party name: National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems | ||
| Andrew Nathan Goldfarb Counsel of Record | Zuckerman Spaeder LLP 1800 M Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 agoldfarb@zuckerman.com | 2027781822 |
| Party name: Retired Federal Judges | ||
| Deepak Gupta Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 deepak@guptawessler.com | (202) 888-1741 |
| Party name: American Association for Justice, et al. | ||
| Lewis Jeffrey Liman Counsel of Record | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006 lliman@cgsh.com | 2122252550 |
| Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association | ||
| Lumen N. Mulligan Counsel of Record | University of Kansas School of Law 1535 W. 15th Street Lawrence, KS 66045 lumen@ku.edu | (785) 691-9367 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc. | ||
| Julie Nepveu Counsel of Record | AARP Foundation Litigation 601 E. Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 jnepveu@aarp.org | (202)-434-2075 |
| Party name: AARP and AARP Foundation | ||
| Mark Andrew Perry Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 mperry@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8500 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. | ||
| Joseph Marc Sellers Counsel of Record | Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC 1100 New York Avenue NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 jsellers@cohenmilstein.com | 202-408-4600 |
| Party name: Plaintiffs in Post-Dukes Successor Class Actions | ||
| Robert Latane Wise Counsel of Record | Bowman and Brooke LLP 901 East Byrd Street Suite 1650 Richmond, VA 23219 rob.wise@bowmanandbrooke.com | 804-649-8200 |
| Party name: DRI--The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Susan E. Burnett | Bowman and Brooke LLP 2901 Via Fortuna Dr. Austin, TX 89846 susan.burnett@bowmanandbrooke.com | (512) 874-3844 |
| Party name: DRI--The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Lyle Roberts | Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 lroberts@cooley.com | 202 842-7880 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||