No. 18-304

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al. v. Jennifer Davidson

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: article-iii-standing consumer-protection consumer-standing deception declaratory-judgment false-advertising future-harm injunctive-relief product-misrepresentation standing
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2018-12-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a consumer who has used a product and determined that a representation concerning that product is allegedly misleading can plausibly allege a 'real and immediate threat' that she will be deceived by that same representation in the future so as to establish standing to seek an injunction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED A party who seeks injunctive relief in federal court must first establish that she has standing by showing that she is “immediately in danger of sustaining some direct injury” that is “both real and immediate, not conjectural or hypothetical.” City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 101-02 (1983) (internal quotation marks omitted). The Third and Seventh Circuits have held that a consumer who alleges that a product’s marketing is misleading cannot make the showing of “real and immediate” future harm necessary to enjoin the speech because she already knows that the marketing is misleading and therefore is unlikely to be deceived by it again. The Ninth Circuit has departed from those decisions, holding that a consumer can establish standing to enjoin such marketing because “[k]nowledge that [an] advertisement or label was false in the past does not equate to knowledge that it will remain false in the future,” and therefore the consumer “may suffer” future harm. The question presented is: Whether a consumer, who after using a product and determining that a representation concerning that product is allegedly misleading, can plausibly allege a “real and immediate threat” that she will be deceived by that same representation in the future so as to establish standing to seek an injunction.

Docket Entries

2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-20
Reply of petitioners Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2018-11-05
Brief of respondent Jennifer Davidson in opposition filed.
2018-11-05
Corrected Certificate of Word Count filed with respect to the brief in opposition of respondent Jennifer Davidson.
2018-09-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2018
2018-09-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 11, 2018 to November 12, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2018)
2018-07-12
Application (18A33) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until September 6, 2018.
2018-07-06
Application (18A33) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 7, 2018 to September 6, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Attorneys

Jennifer Davidson
Adam Joshua GutrideGutride Safier LLP, Respondent
Adam Joshua GutrideGutride Safier LLP, Respondent
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al.
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner