No. 20-304

World Programming Limited v. SAS Institute, Inc.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: all-writs-act civil-procedure enforcement enforcement-injunction federal-money-judgment federal-money-judgments foreign-judgment foreign-money-judgments judicial-remedy novel-remedies rule-69
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Copyright JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the All Writs Act or Rule 69 permits federal courts to fashion novel remedies to enforce federal money judgments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 69 addresses the enforcement of federal money judgments. It provides that “(t]he procedure on execution * * * must accord with the procedure of the state where the court is located, but a federal statute governs to the extent it applies.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 69(a)(1). The All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), provides that courts “may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.” The questions presented are: 1. Whether the All Writs Act or Rule 69 permits federal courts to fashion novel remedies to enforce federal money judgments, such as an injunction that forbids the judgment debtor from licensing its software for use in the U.S. until the judgment is paid, to “incentivize” payment. 2. Whether and under what circumstances federal courts may invoke the All Writs Act to enjoin enforcement of a foreign money judgment, even within the nation that issued the judgment. (i)

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-22
Reply of petitioner World Programming Limited filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-11
Rule 29.6 Statement filed with respect to the brief in opposition of respondent SAS Institute Inc.
2020-12-08
Brief of respondent SAS Institute, Inc. in opposition filed.
2020-09-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 8, 2020.
2020-09-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2020 to December 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2020)

Attorneys

SAS Institute, Inc.
Pressly McAuley MillenWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Respondent
Pressly McAuley MillenWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Respondent
World Programming Limited
Jeffrey Alan LamkenMoloLamken LLP, Petitioner
Jeffrey Alan LamkenMoloLamken LLP, Petitioner