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No. 21-1168
 
Title: Robert Mallory, Petitioner
v.
Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Docketed: February 23, 2022
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
   Case Numbers: (3 EAP 2021)
   Decision Date: December 22, 2021
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 18 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022)
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Mar 08 2022 Brief of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in opposition filed.
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Mar 22 2022 Reply of petitioner Robert Mallory filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 23 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
Apr 18 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
Apr 25 2022 Petition GRANTED.
Apr 28 2022 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Blanket Consent
Apr 28 2022 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Robert Mallory
Blanket Consent
May 05 2022 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 24 2022 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 5, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 26, 2022.
Jun 14 2022 ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October, 11, 2022.
Jun 22 2022 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District.
Jul 01 2022 Record received from the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Trial Division - Civil Office of judicial records. 1 - Box.
Jul 05 2022 Brief and separate Statutory Appendix of petitioner Robert Mallory filed.
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Jul 05 2022 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jul 08 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Pennsylvania Association for Justice filed.
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Jul 11 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Terror Victims in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Amicus brief of Public Citizen not accepted for filing. (July 15, 2022 - Corrected PDF to be submitted.)
Jul 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amici curiae of The Center for Auto Safety and The Attorneys Information Exchange Group filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amici curiae of Scholars on Corporate Registration and Jurisdiction in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Professors in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Stephen E. Sachs in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of United Policyholders, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 21 2022 CIRCULATED
Aug 03 2022 ARGUMENT RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
Aug 26 2022 Brief of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Co. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 29 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 01 2022 Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform and the Pennsylvania Manufactures’ Association filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 01 2022 Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and the International Association of Defense Counsel filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers and Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Tanya Monestier filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States; American Tort Reform Association; Coalition for Litigation Justice; American Trucking Associations filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lea Brilmayer filed.
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Brief amici curiae of Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 02 2022 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
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Sep 12 2022 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District.
Sep 23 2022 Reply of petitioner Robert Mallory filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 03 2022 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
Nov 08 2022 Argued. For petitioner: Ashley C. Keller, Chicago, Ill. For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 27 2023 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., announced the judgment of the Court, delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and III–B, in which Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, and Jackson, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II, III–A, and IV, in which Thomas, Sotomayor, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kagan and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined.
Jun 28 2023 Record returned to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Trial Division - Civil Office of judicial records. 1 - Box.
Jul 31 2023 Judgment and mandate issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Ashley Conrad Keller
Counsel of Record
Keller Postman LLC
150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 4100
Chicago, IL 60606
ack@kellerpostman.com
Ph: 3127415222
Party name: Robert Mallory


Attorneys for Respondents
Carter G. Phillips
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Ph: +1 202 736 8270
Party name: Norfolk Southern Railway Co.


Other Attorneys
James M. Beck
Counsel of Record
Reed Smith LLP
Three Logan Square, Suite 3100
1717 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2713
jmbeck@reedsmith.com
Ph: 215-851-8100
Party name: Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform and the Pennsylvania Manufactures’ Association


Zach Chaffee-McClure
Counsel of Record
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
2555 Grand Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108
zmcclure@shb.com
Ph: 816-559-2404
Party name: DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and the International Association of Defense Counsel


Eric F. Citron
Counsel of Record
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814
ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: (202) 362-0636
Party name: U.S. Terror Victims


Larry E. Coben
Counsel of Record
Anapol Weiss
8700 E. Vista Bonita Drive
Suite 268
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
lcoben@anapolweiss.com
Ph: 480-515-4745
Party name: The Center for Auto Safety and The Attorneys Information Exchange Group


Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
tdupree@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-955-8500
Party name: Association of American Railroads


Lawrence S. Ebner
Counsel of Record
Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: 202-349-1421
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


Scott Andrew Eisman
Counsel of Record
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
31st Floor
New York, NY 10022
scott.eisman@freshfields.com
Ph: 2122774000
Party name: Professor Lea Brilmayer


Andrew Nathan Ferguson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
202 North Ninth Street
Richmond, VA 23219
AFerguson@oag.state.va.us
Ph: 8047867704
Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia


Philip S. Goldberg
Counsel of Record
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
1800 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006
pgoldberg@shb.com
Ph: 202-7838400
Party name: National Association of Manufacturers and Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc


Christopher Edward Kozak
Counsel of Record
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP
1346 N. Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
ckozak@psrb.com
Ph: 3176370700
Party name: United Policyholders, Inc.


Ruxandra Maniu Laidacker
Counsel of Record
Kline & Specter, P.C.
1525 Locust St., 19th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
andra.laidacker@klinespecter.com
Ph: 215-772-1452
Party name: Pennsylvania Association for Justice


Lawrence Moses Mann
Counsel of Record
Alper & Mann, PC
9205 Redwood Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20817
mann.larrym@gmail.com
Ph: 202-298-9191
Party name: Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys


Lawrence Moses Mann
Counsel of Record
Alper & Mann, PC
9205 Redwood Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20817
mann.larrym@gmail.com
Ph: 202-298-9191
Party name: Academy of Rail Labor Attorenys


Sean Marotta
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
sean.marotta@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 2026374881
Party name: Professor Tanya Monestier


John Mercer Masslon II
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
jmasslon@wlf.org
Ph: (202) 588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Alan B. Morrison
Counsel of Record
George Washington Law School
2000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
abmorrison@law.gwu.edu
Ph: 2029947120
Party name: Civil Procedure Professors


Scott Lawrence Nelson
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
snelson@citizen.org
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen


Andrew Stuart Pollis
Counsel of Record
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
andrew.pollis@case.edu
Ph: 2163682766
Party name: Cassandra Burke Robertson, et al.


Elizabeth B. Prelogar
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


Peter Bowman Rutledge
Counsel of Record
215 Morton Avenue
Athens, GA 30605
borutledge70@gmail.com
Ph: 706 542 7140
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States; American Tort Reform Association; Coalition for Litigation Justice; American Trucking Associations


Stephen Edward Sachs
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School
Lewis 311
1557 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
ssachs@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 617-495-5009
Party name: Stephen E. Sachs


Jeffrey Robert White
Counsel of Record
American Association for Justice
777 6th Street NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20001-3723
jeffrey.white@justice.org
Ph: 2029442839
Party name: American Association for Justice

 

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