St. John v. Jones

Petition for certiorari denied on May 15, 2023

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-554	8th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2022

Issue: Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may approve a settlement as "fair, reasonable, and adequate" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(2) when it pays a substantial cy pres award to third parties from the settlement fund.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/03/2022	Application (22A395) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 14, 2022 to December 14, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
11/07/2022	Application (22A395) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 14, 2022.
12/14/2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 17, 2023)
01/04/2023	Motion or respondents Lisa Jones, et al. to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2023 to February 16, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
01/04/2023	Motion of respondent Monsanto Company to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2023 to February 16, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
01/05/2023	The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including February 16, 2023, for all respondents.
01/17/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed (also in 22-566). VIDED.
01/17/2023	Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed.
01/17/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
01/17/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
02/16/2023	Brief of respondent Monsanto Company in opposition filed.
02/16/2023	Brief of respondents Lisa Jones, Horacio Torres Bonilla, and Kristoffer Yee in opposition filed.
03/07/2023	Reply of petitioner Anna St. John filed.
03/29/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
04/17/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
04/24/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
05/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/15/2023	Petition DENIED.