No. 20-80

Diane S. Blodgett, et al. v. United States

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights contract-rights due-process federal-trade-commission fifth-amendment ftc-act pleading-stage rule-60(b) standing takings takings-clause
Key Terms:
ERISA Takings Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the court of appeals err in this FTC-Act-Section-13(b) case in failing to apply Rule-60(b) at the pleading-stage

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Did the court of appeals err in this FTC Act Sect. 13(b) case in failing to apply Rule 60(b) at the pleading stage, by not analyzing the Motion and all Exhibits attached cumulatively — to find no clear and convincing evidence of “exceptional circumstances” — thus failing to apply controlling standards from this Court: per Hazel Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford Empire Co., 322 US 238 (1944); Octane Fitness v. Con. Health & Fitness, 134 S. Ct. 1749 (2014), as to pleading government conspiracy Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 US 544 (2007); and from its own ruling in Therasense v. Becton Dickinson, 649 F. 3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2011 en banc) and Boise Cascade Corp. v. United States, 296 F. 3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2002) sufficient to push the December 2017 Rule 60(b) Motion over the threshold plausibility pleading stage? \ II. Did the court of appeals err in finding: no contract; certain assets never turned over; no property rights of any kind including ERISA; and thus no Fifth Amendment “takings without just compensation” despite this Court’s holdings in: Lynch v. United States, 292 US 571 (1934); Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan ATV Corp., 458 US 419 (1982); US v. ITT Continental Baking Co., 420 US 223 (1974); Patterson v. Shumate, 504 US 753 (1992) (ERISA); Horne v. Dept. of Agriculture, 135 S. Ct. 2419 (2015) (Fifth Amendment “takings” when made to pay to stay in lawful business); Thole v. US Bank,590 US ___ (2020) (ERISA defined benefit standing to sue fiduciary); Liu v. SEC, 591 US __ (June 22, ii QUESTIONS PRESENTED Continued 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting 1-4); Boyle v. Zacharie, Turner, 6 Pet. 648, 654 (1832); Trump v. Hawaii, 585 US ___ (2018) (Thomas, J., concurring at 3)?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Diane Blodgett, et al.
Diane S. Blodgett — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent