Cisco Systems, Inc. v. TecSec, Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on June 2, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-1165	Fed. Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2013

Issue: (1) Whether alternative holdings, each independently sufficient to sustain a judgment, all have preclusive effect in subsequent proceedings, as the Second, Third, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits hold, or whether none of them do, as the Fourth, Seventh, Tenth, and Federal Circuits hold; and (2) whether the mandate rule bars a party from relitigating an issue in the same case that was within the scope of a decision that was unequivocally affirmed.

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Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston, May 29, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/21/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2014)
04/24/2014	Brief of respondent TecSec, Inc. in opposition filed.
05/13/2014	Reply of petitioners Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. filed.
05/13/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 29, 2014.
06/02/2014	Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer and Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.