| 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 | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 02 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 8, 2020) |
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| Sep 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2020 to November 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| 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. |
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| Oct 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Nov 06 2020 | Brief of respondent Sergio L. Ramirez in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 24 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020. |
| Nov 24 2020 | Reply of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 16 2020 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Dec 23 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Sergio L. Ramirez |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, TransUnion LLC |
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| Feb 01 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed. |
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| Feb 01 2021 | Joint appendix (Volumes I, II, & III) filed. |
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| 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. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of eBay Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Home Depot, Inc. et al. filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Professional Background Screening Association filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Consumer Reporting Association, Inc. filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed. |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States in support of neither party filed. |
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| 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) |
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| Mar 05 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 09 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Advocates filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Complex Litigation Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Impact Fund, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., and 24 Civil Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 2023895000 |
| Party name: TransUnion LLC | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Samuel Issacharoff Counsel of Record | 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 si13@nyu.edu | 2129986580 |
| Party name: Sergio Ramirez | ||
| James Arthur Francis | Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. 1600 Market Street, Suite 2510 Philadelphia, PA 19103 jfrancis@consumerlawfirm.com | (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 | (415) 378-4838 |
| Party name: Sergio L. Ramirez | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| John Gerard Albanese Counsel of Record | Berger Montague PC 43 SE Main Street, Suite 505 Minneapolis, MN 55414 jalbanese@bm.net | 612-594-5997 |
| Party name: National Consumer Law Center, et al. | ||
| Alan Jay Butler Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center 1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 butler@epic.org | 2024831140 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center | ||
| Patrick Joseph Carome Counsel of Record | Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering 1875 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 patrick.carome@wilmerhale.com | 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 Counsel of Record | Seyfarth Shaw LLP 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 8000 Chicago, IL 60606 pdevata@seyfarth.com | 312-460-5000 |
| Party name: Professional Background Screening Association | ||
| Jeffrey Scott Gentes Counsel of Record | Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization/Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 jeffrey.gentes@yale.edu | 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 Counsel of Record | Public Justice, P.C. 1620 L St. NW, Ste. 630 Washington, DC 20036 kgilbride@publicjustice.net | 2027978600 |
| Party name: Public Justice | ||
| Philip S. Goldberg Counsel of Record | Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP 1800 K Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 pgoldberg@shb.com | (202) 783-8400 |
| Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al. | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Robert Samuel Kitchenoff Counsel of Record | Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC 150 Monument Road, Suite 107 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19107 kitchenoff@wka-law.com | 2155457200 |
| Party name: The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws | ||
| Jocelyn D. Larkin Counsel of Record | Impact Fund 2080 Addison Street Suite 5 Berkeley, CA 94704 jlarkin@impactfund.org | (510) 845-3473 |
| Party name: Impact Fund, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., and 24 Civil Rights Organizations | ||
| Christi A. Lawson Counsel of Record | Foley & Lardner LLP 111 N. Orange Ave., Suite 1800 Orlando, FL 32801 clawson@foley.com | 407-244-3235 |
| Party name: National Consumer Reporting Association, Inc. | ||
| Travis Dean Lenkner Counsel of Record | Keller Lenkner LLC 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2570 Chciago, IL 60606 tdl@kellerlenkner.com | 312-741-5223 |
| Party name: Legal Scholars | ||
| Adam J. Levitt Counsel of Record | Dicello Levitt Gutzler LLC Ten North Dearborn Street, 6th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 alevitt@dicellolevitt.com | 312-214-7900 |
| Party name: National Association of Consumer Advocates | ||
| John Mercer Masslon II Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 jmasslon@wlf.org | (202) 588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Anton Metlitsky Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 ametlitsky@omm.com | 2123262000 |
| Party name: The Home Depot, Inc. and UnitedHealth Group | ||
| James Allen Moseley Counsel of Record | Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C. 1601 Elm St. Suite 4600 Dallas, TX 75201 jmoseley@grayreed.com | 2149544135 |
| Party name: ACA International | ||
| 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 and Public Citizen Foundation | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3000 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| James Joseph Pizzirusso Counsel of Record | Hausfeld LLP 888 16th Street, N.W. Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 jpizzirusso@hausfeld.com | 202-540-7200 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation | ||
| Cecily Claire Shiel Counsel of Record | Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2200 Seattle, WA 98101 cshiel@tousley.com | (206) 695-9291 |
| Party name: Complex Litigation Law Professors | ||
| Charles Robert Stinson Counsel of Record | The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC 1101 30th St NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007 crs@cullenlaw.com | 2029448600 |
| Party name: Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. | ||
| John Mark Thomas Counsel of Record | Dykema Gossett PLLC 2723 South State Street Suite 400 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 jthomas@dykema.com | 734-214-7613 |
| Party name: The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 227 W. Monroe Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com | 3127595947 |
| Party name: Consumer Data Industry Association | ||
| Adam G. Unikowsky Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 AUnikowsky@jenner.com | 202-639-6041 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. | ||
| Matthew W.H. Wessler Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 matt@guptawessler.com | 2028881741 |
| Party name: American Association for Justice | ||