No. 25-679

Glen Morgan v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1) Experienced Counsel
Tags: article-iii class-action federal-jurisdiction standing state-law statutory-damages
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Article III permits a federal court to entertain a state law cause of action for deceptively procuring non-private information, specifically, a telephone number, simply because the statute also proscribes taking different private information, not at issue in the lawsuit.

2. Whether Article III permits a federal court to rule on the merits of a claim that a plaintiff has voluntarily, affirmatively abandoned.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Article III permits a federal court to entertain a state law cause of action for deceptively procuring non-private information when the statute proscribes taking different private information, and whether Article III permits a federal court to rule on the merits of a voluntarily abandoned claim

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-12
Brief amici curiae of Congressman Michael Baumgartner, et al. filed.
2025-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)
2025-09-26
Application (25A352) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 6, 2025.
2025-09-23
Application (25A352) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2025 to December 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Congressman Michael Baumgartner of the U.S. House of Representatives, Justice Richard B. Sanders (Ret.) of the Washington State Supreme Court, 10 Senators and Representatives of the Washington State Legislature, and Judge David Larsen (Ret.) of the Federa
Sam SpiegelmanSpiegelman Law Group, Amicus
Glen Morgan
Joel Bernard ArdArd Law Group PLLC, Petitioner