No. 24-304
 
Title: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp, Petitioner
v.
Luke Davis, et al.
Docketed: September 18, 2024
Linked with: 23A1050
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-55873)
   Decision Date: February 8, 2024
   Rehearing Denied: April 18, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 22 2024 Application (23A1050) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 17, 2024 to September 13, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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May 25 2024 Application (23A1050) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 13, 2024.
Sep 13 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2024)
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Sep 18 2024 Waiver of right of respondent Luke Davis, Julian Vargas, and American Council of the Blind, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated to respond filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 02 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
Oct 07 2024 Response Requested. (Due November 6, 2024)
Oct 08 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2024 to December 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 09 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 6, 2024.
Dec 06 2024 Brief of respondents Luke Davis, et al. in opposition filed.
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Dec 20 2024 Reply of petitioner Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 24 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Jan 13 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
Jan 21 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
Jan 24 2025 Petition GRANTED limited to the following Question: Whether a federal court may certify a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) when some members of the proposed class lack any Article III injury. Petitioner's brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Respondents' brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Monday, March 31, 2025. The reply brief is to be received by the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, April 21, 2025.
Feb 24 2025 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Mar 03 2025 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mar 05 2025 Brief of petitioner Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, d/b/a Labcorp filed.
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Mar 05 2025 Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Mar 12 2025 Sealed material received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Mar 12 2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amicus curiae of TechNet filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amici curiae of City of Beverly Hills, California, et al. filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amici curiae of Professor William B. Rubenstein, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amici curiae of Claims Administrators in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amici curiae of Mortgage Bankers Association, et al. filed.
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Mar 12 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
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Mar 19 2025 CIRCULATED
Mar 25 2025 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 31 2025 Brief of respondents filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amici curiae of Lionel Harper, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amici curiae of Nobel Laureate Economist Joseph Stiglitz, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure and Complex Litigation Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amici curiae of Federal Jurisdiction Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians and Scholars of Representative Litigation filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2025 Amicus brief of National Community Pharmacists Association not accepted for filing. (To be corrected and resubmitted - April 09, 2025)
Apr 07 2025 Brief amicus curiae of National Community Pharmacists Association filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 17 2025 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 21 2025 Reply of petitioner Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, d/b/a Labcorp filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 23 2025 Letter of respondents addressing supplemental information submitted.
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Apr 25 2025 Petitioners' response in opposition to letter of respondents, submitted.
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Apr 29 2025 Argued. For petitioner: Noel J. Francisco, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Deepak Gupta, Washington, D. C.
Jun 05 2025 Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Justice Kavanaugh, dissenting. Opinion per curiam.
Jul 07 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, d/b/a Labcorp


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

DEEPAK@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: (202) 888-1741
Party name: Luke Davis, Julian Vargas, and American Council of the Blind, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated


Nicolas Anthony Sansone
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

nsansone@citizen.org
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Luke Davis, Julian Vargas, and American Council of the Blind, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated


Benjamin James Sweet
Nye, Stirling, Hale, Miller & Sweet, LLP
101 Pennsylvania Blvd.
Suite 2
Pittsburgh, PA 15228

ben@nshmlaw.com
Ph: 4128575350
Party name: Luke Davis, Julian Vargas, and American Council of the Blind, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
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


Cory L. Andrews
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

CANDREWS@WLF.ORG
Ph: 202.588.0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071

TBOUTROUS@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: (213) 229-7000
Party name: TechNet


Sheridan Lee Caldwell
Horvitz & Levy LLP
505 Sansome Street, Suite 1550
San Francisco, CA 94111

scaldwell@horvitzlevy.com
Ph: 4154625600
Party name: The City of Beverly Hills


Joshua P. Davis
Counsel of Record
Berger Montague PC
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 625
San Francisco, CA 94111

jdavis@bm.net
Ph: (415) 689-9292
Party name: National Community Pharmacists Association


Lawrence S. Ebner
Counsel of Record
Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: 202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


David C. Frederick
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-3209

DFREDERICK@KELLOGGHANSEN.COM
Ph: 202-326-7900
Party name: Nobel Laureate Economists Joseph Stiglitz and Daniel McFadden


Aram Avedis Gavoor
Counsel of Record
The George Washington University Law School
Administrative Law, Issues, and Appeals Clinic
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

agavoor@law.gwu.edu
Ph: 202-994-2505
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc.


Hyland Hunt
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave. NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001

HHUNT@DEUTSCHHUNT.COM
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: Civil Procedure and Complex Litigation Law Professors


William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM
Ph: 2023464190
Party name: Mortgage Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, Consumer Data Industry Association, Independent Community Bankers of America


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: The Product Liability Advisory Council


Jeremy Brooks Rosen
Counsel of Record
Horvitz & Levy LLP
505 Sansome Street
Suite 1550
San Francisco, CA 94111

jrosen@horvitzlevy.com
Ph: 415-462-5600
Party name: The City of Beverly Hills


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: Professors William B. Rubenstein and Arthur R. Miller


Justin Reade Sarno
Horvitz & Levy LLP
3601 West Olive Avenue
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 91505

jsarno@horvitzlevy.com
Ph: 818-995-0800
Party name: The City of Beverly Hills


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

bschmalzbach@mcguirewoods.com
Ph: 8047754746
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, American Tort Reform Association, and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America


John Paul Schnapper-Casteras
Counsel of Record
Schnapper-Casteras PLLC
1717 K Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

JPSC@SCHNAPPERCASTERAS.COM
Ph: (202) 630-3644
Party name: AARP et al.


Joseph Marc Sellers
Counsel of Record
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
1100 New York Ave NW
8th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

jsellers@cohenmilstein.com
Ph: (202) 408-4600
Party name: Federal Jurisdiction Scholars


Jamin Samuel Soderstrom
Counsel of Record
Soderstrom Law PC
1 Park Plaza, Suite 600
Irvine, CA 92614

jamin@soderstromlawfirm.com
Ph: (949) 667-4700
Party name: Lionel Harper, Daniel Sinclair, Hassan Turner, and Luis Vazquez


Peter K. Stris
Counsel of Record
Stris and Maher LLP
17785 Center Court Dr N
Suite 600
Cerritos, CA 90703

PSTRIS@STRIS.COM
Ph: 2139956800
Party name: A.B. Data, Ltd.; Angeion Group, LLC; Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc.


Randy M. Stutz
Counsel of Record
American Antitrust Institute
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036

rstutz@antitrustinstitute.org
Ph: 2029055420
Party name: American Antitrust Institute


Daniel Hirotsu Woofter
Counsel of Record
Russell & Woofter LLC
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

dw@russellwoofter.com
Ph: 202-240-8433
Party name: Legal Historians and Scholars of Representative Litigation