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Docket for 17-1471

No. 17-1471

Title:	Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., Petitioner v. George W. Jackson
Docketed:	April 25, 2018
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(17-1627)
Decision Date:	January 22, 2018
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Apr 23 2018

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 25, 2018)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

May 14 2018

Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 25, 2018 to June 25, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document

May 18 2018

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 25, 2018.

May 22 2018

Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

May 25 2018

Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

May 25 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jun 25 2018

Brief of respondent George W. Jackson in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 10 2018

Reply of petitioner Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 11 2018

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.

Sep 27 2018

Petition GRANTED. In addition to the questions presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Should this Court's holding in Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U. S. 100 (1941)—that an original plaintiff may not remove a counterclaim against it—extend to third-party counterclaim defendants?

Nov 09 2018

Brief of petitioner Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 09 2018

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Nov 15 2018

Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 16 2018

Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed.
Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Main Document

Nov 16 2018

Amicus brief of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America not accepted for filing. (November 16, 2018) (Duplicate submission)

Nov 16 2018

Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 28 2018

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Nov 30 2018

CIRCULATED

Dec 10 2018

Brief of respondent George W. Jackson filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Dec 11 2018

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.

Dec 11 2018

Record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Dec 13 2018

Record from the U.S.D.C. Western District of North Carolina is electronic and located on PACER. The record is complete.

Dec 17 2018

Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Dec 17 2018

Brief amicus curiae of The National Consumer Law Center filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Jan 08 2019

Reply of petitioner Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 15 2019

Argued. For petitioner: William P. Barnette, Atlanta, Ga. For respondent: F. Paul Bland, Washington, D. C.

May 28 2019

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined.

Jun 21 2019

Petition for Rehearing filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 11 2019

DISTRIBUTED.

Aug 05 2019

Rehearing DENIED.

Aug 05 2019

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

William Peter Barnette
Counsel of Record

Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.
2455 Paces Ferry Road, C-20
Atlanta, GA 30339
will_barnette@homedepot.com
Ph: 770-384-5197
Party name: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Sarah E. Harrington

Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814
sharrington@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: 202-362-0636
Party name: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Attorneys for Respondents

Brian William Warwick
Counsel of Record

Varnell & Warwick, P.A.
P.O. Box 1870
Lady Lake, FL 32158
bwarwick@varnellandwarwick.com
Ph: 352-753-8600
Party name: George W. Jackson

Other Attorneys

Lawrence S. Ebner
Counsel of Record

Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
lawrence.ebner@capitalappellate.com
Ph: 202-729-6337
Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar

Laura Kathleen McNally
Counsel of Record

Loeb & Loeb, LLP
321 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60654
lmcnally@loeb.com
Ph: 312-464-3155
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America

Archis Ashok Parasharami
Counsel of Record

Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
aparasharami@mayerbrown.com
Ph: 202-263-3328
Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Richard A. Samp
Counsel of Record

Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-0000
rsamp@wlf.org
Ph: 202-588-0302
Party name: Washinton Legal Foundation, et al.

Jason L. Lichtman
Counsel of Record

Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, LLP
250 Hudson Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
jlichtman@lchb.com
Ph: (212) 355-9500
Party name: THE NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER

Gerson H. Smoger
Counsel of Record

Smoger & Associates
13250 Branch View Lane
Dallas, TX 75234
gerson@texasinjurylaw.com
Ph: 9722435297
Party name: American Association for Justice