Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2014

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Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-431	6th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2013

Issue: (1) Whether the of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) predominance requirement can be satisfied when the court has not found that the aggregate of common liability issues predominates over the aggregate of individualized issues at trial and when neither injury nor damages can be proven on a classwide basis; and (2) whether a class may be certified when most members have never experienced the alleged defect and both fact of injury and damages would have to be litigated on a member-by-member basis.

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Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, December 21, 2013)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/07/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2013)
10/14/2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
10/14/2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
10/15/2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 6, 2013.
11/05/2013	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
11/05/2013	Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. VIDED.
11/06/2013	Brief amicus curiae of The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
11/06/2013	Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. VIDED.
11/06/2013	Brief amici curiae of Technology Association of America, and TechNet filed. VIDED.
11/06/2013	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
11/06/2013	Brief amicus curiae of The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers filed. VIDED.
11/06/2013	Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.
12/06/2013	Brief of respondents Gina Glazer and Trina Allison, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated in opposition filed. VIDED.
12/23/2013	Reply of petitioner Whirlpool Corporation filed. VIDED.
12/24/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014.
01/13/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 17, 2014.
01/21/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 24, 2014.
02/10/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014.
02/24/2014	Petition DENIED.