No. 23-13
 
Title: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Petitioner
v.
Travis Abbott, et ux.
Docketed: July 5, 2023
Linked with: 22A860
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (21-3418)
   Decision Date: December 5, 2022
   Rehearing Denied: February 1, 2023
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 29 2023 Application (22A860) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 2, 2023 to June 1, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Apr 03 2023 Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 1, 2023.
May 05 2023 Application (22A860) to extend further the time from June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Written Request Proof of Service
May 09 2023 Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 30, 2023.
Jun 30 2023 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 4, 2023)
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Jul 28 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 4, 2023 to August 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jul 31 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2023, for all respondents.
Jul 31 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
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Aug 04 2023 Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.
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Aug 04 2023 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Aug 04 2023 Brief amici curiae of 3M, et al. filed.
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Aug 04 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 15 2023 Brief of respondents Travis Abbott, et al. in opposition filed.
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Aug 30 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
Aug 30 2023 Reply of petitioner E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 02 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
Oct 10 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
Oct 23 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
Oct 30 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
Nov 06 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
Nov 13 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
Nov 20 2023 Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
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: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.


Attorneys for Respondents
Matthew W.H. Wessler
Counsel of Record
Gupta Wessler LLP
2001 K Street NW
Suite 850 North
Washington, DC 20006

MATT@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: 2028881741
Party name: Travis Abbott, et al.


Other Attorneys
Mark Alan Behrens
Counsel of Record
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
1800 K Street NW, Suite 1000
WASHINGTON, DC 20006

mbehrens@shb.com
Ph: 202-639-5621
Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.


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: DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice


Brian David Schmalzbach
Counsel of Record
McGuireWoods LLP
800 East Canal Street
Richmond, VA 23219

bschmalzbach@mcguirewoods.com
Ph: 8047754746
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the American Tort Reform Association, the American Chemistry Council, and Business Roundtable


Jonathan S. Tam
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
One Bush Street #1600
San Francisco, CA 94104

jonathan.tam@dechert.com
Ph: (415) 262-4518
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Katherine Crawford Yarger
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
700 Colorado Blvd., #407
Denver, CO 80206

katie@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: 3M, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Tyco Fire Products and Medtronic