Pfizer Inc. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on December 9, 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.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jun 14 2013 | Application (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. |
| Jun 14 2013 | Application (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. |
| Jun 14 2013 | Application (12A1207) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 30, 2013. |
| Jun 14 2013 | Application (12A1209) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 30, 2013. |
| Jun 14 2013 | Application (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. |
| Jun 17 2013 | Application (12A1208) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 30, 2013. |
| Aug 30 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 4, 2013) |
| Sep 25 2013 | Consent 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. |
| Sep 26 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2013, for all respondents. |
| Oct 4 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, et al. filed. |
| Oct 4 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. |
| Nov 4 2013 | Brief of respondents Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 4 2013 | Brief of respondent Aetna, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 4 2013 | Brief of respondents Harden Manufacturing Corporation, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 19 2013 | Reply of petitioners Pfizer Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed). |
| Nov 20 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013. |
| Dec 9 2013 | Petition DENIED. |
