No. 18-42

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-09
Status: Dismissed
Type: Paid
Amici (4) Experienced Counsel
Tags: 11th-amendment absent-class-member civil-procedure class-action due-process federal-court federal-courts federalism opt-out rule-23 sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess Privacy ClassAction JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent class member plaintiff based on the State's failure to opt out of the class

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent class member plaintiff based on the State’s failure to opt out of the class. i

Docket Entries

2018-12-18
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2018-12-14
Stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed.
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2018-12-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 4, 2019.
2018-12-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 5, 2018 to January 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2018-10-03
Response to motion from petitioner GlaxoSmithKline LLC received.
Main Document
2018-10-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including December 5, 2018.
2018-09-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2018 to December 10, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2018-08-08
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Tort Reform Association.
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2018-08-08
Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed.
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2018-08-08
Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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2018-08-08
Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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2018-07-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 9, 2018.
2018-07-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 8, 2018 to October 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2018-07-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2018)
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2018-04-11
Application (17A1096) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 6, 2018.
2018-04-05
Application (17A1096) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 8, 2018 to July 7, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Attorneys

American Tort Reform Association
Cary Silverman — Shook, Hardy and Bacon LLP, Amicus
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Petitioner
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Paul D. Clement — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Amicus
State of Louisiana
Elizabeth Baker Murrill — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Thomas Ryan McCarthy — Consovoy McCarthy Park, PLLC, Amicus
Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
Richard A. Samp — Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus