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Docket for 15-513

No. 15-513
Title:	State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Petitioner v. United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al.
Docketed:	October 21, 2015

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(14-60160)
Decision Date:	July 13, 2015
Rehearing Denied:	August 11, 2015
Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Oct 20 2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2015)

Nov 20 2015	Brief of respondents United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. in opposition filed.

Nov 20 2015	Brief amicus curiae of The American Tort Reform Association filed.

Nov 20 2015	Brief amicus curiae of The Academy Advisors filed.

Nov 20 2015	Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation filed.

Nov 20 2015	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Nov 20 2015	Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Nov 30 2015	Reply of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed.

Dec 02 2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.

Jan 11 2016	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Apr 15 2016	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Apr 25 2016	Supplemental brief of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed.

May 03 2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2016.

May 23 2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016.

May 31 2016	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

Jun 17 2016	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 29, 2016.

Jun 17 2016	The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 12, 2016.

Jul 22 2016	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Jul 29 2016	Joint appendix filed. (3 volumes).

Jul 29 2016	Brief of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed.

Jul 29 2016	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Aug 05 2016	Brief amici curiae of The American Tort Reform Association, et al. filed.

Aug 05 2016	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Aug 05 2016	Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation filed.

Aug 05 2016	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Aug 05 2016	Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Government Procurement filed.

Aug 05 2016	Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.

Sep 02 2016	SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Sep 09 2016	Record has been requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

Sep 12 2016	Brief of respondents United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. filed.

Sep 19 2016	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Sep 19 2016	Brief amicus curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed.

Sep 19 2016	Received from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of Mississippi. (7 Boxes) a portion of the record is SEALED.

Sep 19 2016	Brief amicus curiae of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund filed.

Sep 19 2016	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Sep 28 2016	CIRCULATED

Oct 11 2016	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Oct 12 2016	Reply of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed. (Distributed)

Nov 01 2016	Argued. For petitioner: Kathleen M. Sullivan, New York, N. Y. For respondents: Tejinder Singh, Bethesda, Md.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Dec 06 2016	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Jan 09 2017	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Aug 07 2017	Record from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of Mississippi has been returned.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Sheila L. Birnbaum Counsel of Record	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 sheilabirnbaum@quinnemanuel.com	(212) 849-7000
Party name: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Kathleen M. Sullivan	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com	(212) 849-7000
Party name: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Attorneys for Respondents
William E. Copley Counsel of Record	Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 wcopley@wmclaw..com	(202) 499-7900
Party name: United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al.
Tejinder Singh	Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tsingh@goldsteinrussell.com	(202)-362-0636
Party name: United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al.
Other
Cory L. Andrews	Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 candrews@wlf.org	(202)-588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation
John F. Bash	Assistant to the Solicitor General Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530
Party name: United States
Lawrence S. Ebner	Capital Appellate Advocacy, PLLC 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@capitalappellate.com	(202) 729-6337
Party name: DRI-The Voice of The Defense Bar
Jessica L. Ellsworth	Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 jessica.ellsworth@hoganlovells.com	(202) 637-5600
Party name: The American Tort Reform Association, et al.
Ian Heath Gershengorn	Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov	(202) 514-2217
Party name: United States
Jeffrey T. Green	Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 jgreen@sidley.com	(202) 736-8000
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Dan Himmelfarb	Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 dhimmelfarb@mayerbrown.com	(202) 263-3035
Party name: Coalition for Government Procurement
Stephen M. Kohn	Kohn Kohn & Colapinto, LLP 3233 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 sk@kkc.com	(202) 342-6980
Party name: National Whistleblower Center
Robert A. Long Jr.	Covington & Burling LLP One City Center 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-2401 rlong@cov.com	(202) 662-6000
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.
James C. Martin	Reed Smith LLP 225 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 jcmartin@reedsmith.com	(412) 288-3131
Party name: The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Frederick M. Morgan Jr.	Morgan Verkamp LLC 35 East 7th Street, Suite 600 Cincinnati, OH 45202 rmorgan@morganverkamp.com	(513) 651-4400
Party name: Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund
David W. O'Brien	Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 dobrien@crowell.com	(202) 624-2500
Party name: The Academy Advisors