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Pfizer Inc. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on December 9, 2013

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
13-289 1st Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2013

Issue: (1) Whether the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act's proximate causation requirement may be satisfied by mere foreseeability or instead requires a direct causal relationship; and (2) whether plaintiffs may show fraud causation and damages by aggregate evidence of a correlation between the alleged fraud and doctors" prescribing behavior without any showing of actual individualized causation.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/14/2013Application (12A1207) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 2, 2013 to August 30, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.
06/14/2013Application (12A1209) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 2, 2013 to August 30, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.
06/14/2013Application (12A1207) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 30, 2013.
06/14/2013Application (12A1209) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 30, 2013.
06/14/2013Application (12A1208) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 2, 2013 to August 30, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.
06/17/2013Application (12A1208) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 30, 2013.
08/30/2013Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 4, 2013)
09/25/2013Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for respondents Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., et al.
09/26/2013Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2013, for all respondents.
10/04/2013Brief amici curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, et al. filed.
10/04/2013Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
11/04/2013Brief of respondents Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
11/04/2013Brief of respondent Aetna, Inc. in opposition filed.
11/04/2013Brief of respondents Harden Manufacturing Corporation, et al. in opposition filed.
11/19/2013Reply of petitioners Pfizer Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed).
11/20/2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013.
12/09/2013Petition DENIED.