| 23A1107 |
Abbott Laboratories, et al. v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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attorney-client-privilege crime-fraud-exception mandamus patent-litigation sham-litigation work-product-privilege |
Whether the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege can be applied to sham litigation or other non-criminal conduct beyond traditional frau… |
| 22-296 |
Willow Grande, LLC v. Cherokee Triangle Association, et al. |
Kentucky |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-process antitrust-immunity antitrust-liability civil-procedure noerr-pennington-doctrine noncompetitors sham-litigation standing wrongful-use-of-civil-proceedings |
Does the sham exception to the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine also apply to common law torts between noncompetitors, such as state law claims for abuse of … |
| 20-1293 |
AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure due-process litigation-exception noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-immunity objective-baselessness sham-litigation standing subjective-element |
Whether the subjective element of the 'sham litigation' exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challe… |
| 20-1294 |
Simon Campbell, et al. v. Pennsylvania School Boards Association, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
42-u-s-c-1983 civil-rights first-amendment free-speech petitioning petitioning-immunity retaliation retaliation-claim sham-litigation state-action state-actors |
Are state actors entitled to petitioning immunity for a First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? |
| 19-1375 |
Aaron L. Katz v. Incline Village General Improvement District |
Nevada |
2020-06-13 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-rights fee-shifting first-amendment litigation-immunity petition-clause public-concern public-grievances punitive-statute sham-litigation standing |
Can a petitioning litigant be held liable for their adversary's litigation costs and attorney's fees based upon a punitive statute, where the litigant… |
| 19-548 |
Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation |
Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that … |
| 19-505 |
William Rupert v. Susan Bond, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process frcp-12b6 judicial-expediency noerr-pennington personal-jurisdiction rico rico-statute sham-litigation standing |
Should the circuit splits over the use of FRCP-12(b)(6)-motions,to-rule-upon-a-disputed-issue-of-fact-(the-sham-litigation-or-fraud-exception-to-claim… |