No. 17-961
 
Title: Theodore H. Frank, et al., Petitioners
v.
Paloma Gaos, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al.
Docketed: January 8, 2018
Linked with: 18A242
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-15858)
   Decision Date: August 22, 2017
   Rehearing Denied: October 5, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 03 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2018)
Jan 23 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 7, 2018 to March 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 24 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 9, 2018, for all respondents.
Feb 07 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Feb 07 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Feb 07 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.
Feb 07 2018 Brief amici curiae of Attorney General of Arizona, et al. filed.
Mar 09 2018 Brief of respondent Google LLC in opposition filed.
Mar 09 2018 Brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. in opposition filed.
Mar 22 2018 Reply of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed.
Mar 28 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
Apr 16 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.
Apr 23 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
Apr 30 2018 Petition GRANTED.
May 03 2018 Motion for an extension of time filed.
May 15 2018 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 9, 2018. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 29, 2018.
Jul 02 2018 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jul 09 2018 Brief of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed.
Jul 12 2018 Amicus brief of Cato Institute not accepted for filing. (July 12, 2018)
Jul 12 2018 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Americans for Prosperity filed.
Jul 13 2018 Brief amici curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
Jul 13 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Former Professor Roy A. Katriel in support of neither party filed.
Jul 13 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.
Jul 16 2018 Amicus brief of American Bar Association not accepted for filing. (July 17, 2018 - Brief does not comply with Rules 33 & 34. To be reprinted.)
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of Attorneys General of Arizona, et al. filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of David Lowrey, et al. filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of New Jersey Civil Justice Institute filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute for Policy Research filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of neither party filed.
Jul 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.
Aug 20 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Aug 29 2018 Brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed.
Aug 29 2018 Brief of respondent Google LLC filed.
Sep 04 2018 Motion for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by Former Professor Roy A. Katriel.
Sep 05 2018 Amicus brief of Professor William B. Rubenstein not accepted for filing. (Resubmitted with all required documentation - September 05, 2018)
Sep 05 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of States of Oregon, et al. filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of The Center for Democracy and Technology, et al. filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Professor William B. Rubenstein filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association and TechNet filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Legal Aid Organizations filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Civil Justice Research Initiative filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Spectrum Settlement Recovery, LLC filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of The New York Bar Foundation and The New York State Bar Association filed.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. and Public Citizen Foundation filed.
Sep 05 2018 Amicus brief of National Consumer Law Center, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief to be resubmitted - September 10, 2018)
Sep 05 2018 Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 07 2018 Opposition of petitioners to motion of Former Professor Roy A. Katriel for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Sep 07 2018 Application (18A242) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Sep 10 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Sep 11 2018 Application (18A242) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted in part by The Chief Justice. Petitioners' reply brief on the merits may not exceed 7,000 words.
Sep 12 2018 CIRCULATED
Sep 28 2018 Reply of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 01 2018 Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED.
Oct 01 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 01 2018 Motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by Former Professor Roy A. Katriel DENIED.
Oct 23 2018 Supplemental brief of petitioners Theodore H. Frank, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2018 Supplemental brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 31 2018 Argued. For petitioners: Theodore H. Frank, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent Google LLC: Andrew J. Pincus, Washington, D. C. For respondents Gaos, et al.; Jeffrey A. Lamken, Washington, D. C.
Nov 06 2018 The parties and the Solicitor General are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing whether any named plaintiff has standing such that the federal courts have Article III jurisdiction over this dispute. The briefs, not to exceed 6,000 words, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, November 30, 2018. Reply briefs, not to exceed 3,000 words, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, December 21, 2018.
Nov 19 2018 Motion for an extension of time to file the supplemental briefs and replies filed.
Nov 20 2018 Motion to extend the time to file the supplemental briefs and replies denied
Nov 29 2018 Supplemental brief of petitioners filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2018 Supplemental brief of respondent Google LLC filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2018 Supplemental brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2018 Supplemental brief of United States as amicus curiae in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2018 Supplemental reply brief of petitioners filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2018 Supplemental reply brief of respondents Paloma Gaos, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2018 Supplemental reply brief of respondent Google LLC filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2018 Supplemental reply brief of United States as amicus curiae supporting neither party filed. (Distributed)
Mar 20 2019 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Apr 22 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Theodore Harold Frank
Counsel of Record
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
TED.FRANK@HLLI.ORG
Ph: 7032033848
Party name: Theodore H. Frank, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Donald Manwell Falk
Counsel of Record
Schaerr Jaffe LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
dfalk@schaerr-jaffe.com
Ph: 415-562-4942
Party name: Google LLC


Kassra Powell Nassiri
Counsel of Record
Nassiri & Jung LLP
4 Embarcadero Center
Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
kass@njfirm.com
Ph: 415-762-3111
Party name: Paloma Gaos, et al.


Jeffrey Alan Lamken
MoloLamken LLP
The Watergate, Suite 500
600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
JLAMKEN@MOLOLAMKEN.COM
Ph: 2025562010
Party name: Paloma Gaos, et al.


Andrew John Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: Google LLC


Other Attorneys
Lori B. Andrews
Counsel of Record
Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661
landrews@kentlaw.iit.edu
Ph: 312-906-5359
Party name: Law Professors


John Richard Annand
Counsel of Record
NT Lakis, LLP
1501 M Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
jannand@ntlakis.com
Ph: 2026295600
Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance


Hilarie Bass
Counsel of Record
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
abapresident@americanbar.org
Ph: 312-988-5109
Party name: American Bar Association


Anthony Thomas Caso
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Counsel Group
1628 N Main St. #289
Salinas, CA 93906
ATCASO@CCG1776.COM
Ph: 916-601-1916
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Atlantic Legal Foundation


John C. Eastman
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Counsel Group
444 W Ocean Blvd, Ste 1403
Long Beach, CA 90802
jeastman@ccg1776.com
Ph: 909-257-3869
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Joseph E Feibelman
Counsel of Record
Burch Porter & Johnson, PLLC
130 North Court Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
jfeibelman@bpjlaw.com
Ph: 901-524-5109
Party name: New Jersey Civil Justice Institute


Benjamin Noah Gutman
Counsel of Record
Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
benjamin.gutman@doj.oregon.gov
Ph: 503-378-4402
Party name: States of Oregon, et al.


Roy Arie Katriel
Counsel of Record
The Katriel Law Firm, P.C.
2262 Carmel Valley Road Suite 201
Del Mar, CA 92014
rak@katriellaw.com
Ph: 619-363-3333
Party name: Former Professor Roy A. Katriel


Jeremy Lynn Kidd
Counsel of Record
Drake University Law School
2507 University Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311
jeremy.kidd@drake.edu
Ph: 515-271-2068
Party name: Cato Institute and Americans for Prosperity


David H. Kramer
Counsel of Record
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
dkramer@wsgr.com
Ph: 650-493-9300
Party name: Computer & Communications Industry and Technet


Eric Leslie Lewis
Counsel of Record
Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC
1101 New York Ave NW, Ste 1000
Washington, DC 20005
ERIC.LEWIS@LBKMLAW.COM
Ph: (202) 659-7203
Party name: Spectrum Settlement Recovery, LLC


C. Thomas Ludden
Counsel of Record
Lipson Neilson P.C.
3910 Telegraph Road, Suite 200
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
tludden@lipsonneilson.com
Ph: 248-593-5000
Party name: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research


Christopher May Mason
Counsel of Record
Nixon Peabody LLP
Tower 46
55 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036-4120
cmason@nixonpeabody.com
Ph: 212-940-3017
Party name: The New York Bar Foundation and The New York State Bar Association


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: Lawyers for Civil Justice


Ashley C. Parrish
Counsel of Record
King & Spalding
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
APARRISH@KSLAW.COM
Ph: 202-626-2627
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Antigone Gabriella Peyton
Counsel of Record
Protorae Law PLLC
1921 Gallows Road
Suite 950
Tysons, VA 22182
apeyton@protoraelaw.com
Ph: 7037498507
Party name: David Lowrey, Raymond J. Pepperell, Blake Morgan, and Guy Forsyth


Michael E. Rosman
Counsel of Record
Center For Individual Rights
1100 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 625
Washington, DC 20036
rosman@cir-usa.org
Ph: 2028338400
Party name: Center for Individual Rights


Stuart Todd Rossman
Counsel of Record
National Consumer Law Center
7 Winthrop Square
Boston, MA 02110
srossman@nclc.org
Ph: 617-542-8010
Party name: National Consumer Law Center, et al.


Marc Rotenberg
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
rotenberg@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center


William B. Rubenstein
Counsel of Record
c/o Harvard Law School
1545 Massachusetts Avenue
AR323
Cambridge, MA 02138
rubenstein@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 617-496-7320
Party name: Professor William B. Rubenstein


Oramel Horace Skinner
Counsel of Record
Arizona Attorney General's Office
2005 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
o.h.skinner@azag.gov
Ph: 6025428327
Party name: Attorney General of Arizona, et al.


Gerson H. Smoger
Counsel of Record
4228 Hallmark Drive
Dallas, TX 75229
smogerlaw@gmail.com
Ph: 5105314529
Party name: Civil Justice Research Institute


Leslie M.F. Spencer
Counsel of Record
Ropes & Gray, LLP
1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 10036
leslie.spencer@ropesgray.com
Ph: 1-917-836-9379
Party name: The Center for Democracy and Technology, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The National Consumers League


Jeffrey Robert White
Counsel of Record
American Association for Justice
777 6th Street NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001-3723
jeffrey.white@justice.org
Ph: 2026175620
Party name: American Association for Justice


Allison M. Zieve
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
AZIEVE@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc. and Public Citizen Foundation


Wilber H. Boies
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
444 W. Lake St.
Suite 4000
Chicago, IL 60606
bboies@mwe.com
Ph: 3129847686
Party name: Legal Aid Organizations


Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States