No. 20-297
 
Title: TransUnion LLC, Petitioner
v.
Sergio L. Ramirez
Docketed: September 8, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-17244)
   Decision Date: February 27, 2020
   Rehearing Denied: April 8, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 02 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 8, 2020)
Sep 30 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2020 to November 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 02 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 6, 2020.
Oct 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association filed.
Oct 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Nov 06 2020 Brief of respondent Sergio L. Ramirez in opposition filed.
Nov 24 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
Nov 24 2020 Reply of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed. (Distributed)
Dec 16 2020 Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Dec 23 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Sergio L. Ramirez
Dec 23 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, TransUnion LLC
Feb 01 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
Feb 01 2021 Brief of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed.
Feb 01 2021 Joint appendix (Volumes I, II, & III) filed. (Statement of cost filed).
Feb 04 2021 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Feb 04 2021 Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of eBay Inc., et al. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Home Depot, Inc. et al. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Professional Background Screening Association filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Consumer Reporting Association, Inc. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed.
Feb 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of the United States in support of neither party filed.
Feb 22 2021 CIRCULATED.
Mar 03 2021 Brief of Sergio L. Ramirez not accepted for filing. (March 05, 2021)(Dupilicate submission)
Mar 03 2021 Brief of respondent Sergio L. Ramirez filed. (Distributed)
Mar 05 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Mar 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed. (Distributed)
Mar 09 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Advocates filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Complex Litigation Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Impact Fund, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., and 24 Civil Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2021 Brief amici curiae of UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 19 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 19 2021 Reply of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed. (Distributed)
Mar 30 2021 Argued. For petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Nicole F. Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Samuel Issacharoff, New York, N. Y.
Jun 25 2021 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.
Jul 27 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
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: TransUnion LLC


Attorneys for Respondents
Samuel Issacharoff
Counsel of Record

40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
si13@nyu.edu
Ph: 2129986580
Party name: Sergio Ramirez


James Arthur Francis
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C.
1600 Market Street, Suite 2510
Philadelphia, PA 19103
jfrancis@consumerlawfirm.com
Ph: (215) 735-8600
Party name: Sergio L. Ramirez


Andrew J. Ogilvie
Ogilvie & Brewer, LLP
3450 Sacramento St., #413
San Francisco, CA 94118
andy@ogilvie-brewer.com
Ph: (415) 378-4838
Party name: Sergio L. Ramirez


Other Attorneys
John Gerard Albanese
Berger Montague PC
43 SE Main Street, Suite 505
Minneapolis, MN 55414
jalbanese@bm.net
Ph: 612-594-5997
Party name: National Consumer Law Center, et al.


Alan Jay Butler
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
butler@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center


Patrick Joseph Carome
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
1875 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
patrick.carome@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6600
Party name: eBay Inc., Facebook Inc., Google LLC, Computer & Communications Industry Ass’n, The Internet Ass’n, and Technology Network


Pamela Quigley Devata
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 8000
Chicago, IL 60606
pdevata@seyfarth.com
Ph: 312-460-5000
Party name: Professional Background Screening Association


Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Jeffrey Scott Gentes
Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization/Yale L
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
jeffrey.gentes@yale.edu
Ph: 2034324800
Party name: UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, Demos, and Housing Clinic of Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School


Karla Ann Gilbride
PO Box 1652
Silver Spring, MD 20915
karla.gilbride@gmail.com
Ph: 2026312426
Party name: Public Justice


Philip S. Goldberg
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
1800 K Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006
pgoldberg@shb.com
Ph: 202-783-8400
Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al.


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Robert Samuel Kitchenoff
Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC
150 Monument Road, Suite 107
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
kitchenoff@wka-law.com
Ph: 2155457200
Party name: The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws


Jocelyn D. Larkin
Impact Fund
2080 Addison Street Suite 5
Berkeley, CA 94704
jlarkin@impactfund.org
Ph: (510) 845-3473
Party name: Impact Fund, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., and 24 Civil Rights Organizations


Christi A. Lawson
Foley & Lardner LLP
111 N. Orange Ave., Suite 1800
Orlando, FL 32801
clawson@foley.com
Ph: 407-244-3235
Party name: National Consumer Reporting Association, Inc.


Travis Dean Lenkner
Keller Lenkner LLC
150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2570
Chciago, IL 60606
tdl@kellerlenkner.com
Ph: 312-741-5223
Party name: Legal Scholars


Adam J. Levitt
Dicello Levitt Gutzler LLC
Ten North Dearborn Street, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
alevitt@dicellolevitt.com
Ph: 312-214-7900
Party name: National Association of Consumer Advocates


John Mercer Masslon II
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
JMASSLON@WLF.ORG
Ph: (202) 588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Anton Metlitsky
O'Melveny & Myers
1301 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 1700
New York, NY 10019
AMETLITSKY@OMM.COM
Ph: 212-326-2000
Party name: The Home Depot, Inc. and UnitedHealth Group


James Allen Moseley
Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C.
1601 Elm St. Suite 4600
Dallas, TX 75201
jmoseley@grayreed.com
Ph: 4693206174
Party name: ACA International


Scott Lawrence Nelson
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation


Andrew John Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


James Joseph Pizzirusso
Hausfeld LLP
888 16th Street, N.W. Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
jpizzirusso@hausfeld.com
Ph: 202-540-7200
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation


Cecily Claire Shiel
Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC
1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98101
cshiel@tousley.com
Ph: (206) 695-9291
Party name: Complex Litigation Law Professors


Charles Robert Stinson
The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC
1101 30th St NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20007
crs@cullenlaw.com
Ph: 2029448600
Party name: Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc.


John Mark Thomas
Dykema Gossett PLLC
2723 South State Street Suite 400
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
jthomas@dykema.com
Ph: 734-214-7613
Party name: The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.


Misha Tseytlin
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
111 South Wacker Drive
Suite 4100
Chicago, IL 60606
MISHA.TSEYTLIN@TROUTMAN.COM
Ph: 608-999-1240
Party name: Consumer Data Industry Association


Adam G. Unikowsky
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
AUNIKOWSKY@JENNER.COM
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc.


Matthew W.H. Wessler
Gupta Wessler LLP
2001 K Street NW
Suite 850 North
Washington, DC 20006
MATT@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: 2028881741
Party name: American Association for Justice