Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a transferee court in an MDL proceeding must follow the decisions of the transferor court's state supreme court and federal circuit court of appeals on a state statute of repose, rather than substituting the decisions of the transferor's circuit court
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether it is error, when considering a state statute of repose, for an MDL transferee court to ignore the decisions of the transferor court’s state supreme court and federal circuit court of appeals, together with the actions of its legislature, substituting instead decisions of the transferor’s circuit where, as a result, plaintiffs in the transferred action have their cases dismissed where such actions would not have been dismissed had they remained in the transfer state?
2020-05-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-05-07
Reply of petitioners Erica Bryant, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-04-21
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari until May 12, 2020, granted.
2020-04-20
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 28, 2020 to May 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-04-10
Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-04-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 10, 2020.
2020-04-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 6, 2020 to April 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 6, 2020.
2020-03-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 6, 2020 to April 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)
2019-11-26
Application (19A592) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 2, 2020.
2019-11-22
Application (19A592) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 4, 2019 to February 2, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.