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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott

Petition for certiorari denied on November 20, 2023

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-13 6th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: Whether nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel can be applied to make the results of a handful of unrepresentative bellwether trials binding on the defendant in all pending and future cases in a multi-district litigation.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/29/2023Application (22A860) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 2, 2023 to June 1, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
04/03/2023Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 1, 2023.
05/05/2023Application (22A860) to extend further the time from June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
05/09/2023Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 30, 2023.
06/30/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 4, 2023)
07/28/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 4, 2023 to August 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
07/31/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2023, for all respondents.
07/31/2023Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
08/04/2023Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.
08/04/2023Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
08/04/2023Brief amici curiae of 3M, et al. filed.
08/04/2023Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
08/15/2023Brief of respondents Travis Abbott, et al. in opposition filed.
08/30/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
08/30/2023Reply of petitioner E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. filed. (Distributed)
10/02/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
10/10/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
10/23/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
10/30/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
11/06/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
11/13/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
11/20/2023Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)