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Alcon Laboratories, Inc., et al. v. Leonard Cottrell, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-2015 · judgment October 18, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 21, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 27% cert probability (95% interval 19%–37%)

Before the decision, about 6.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Third Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

GREGORY E. OSTFELD JOHN M. KILROY, JR. GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP POLSINELLI PC 77 West Wacker Drive, 900 West 48th Place, Suite 3100 Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60601 Kansas City, MO 64112 LORI G. COHEN J. STANTON HILL GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP POLSINELLI PC 3333 Piemont Road, N.E., 1355 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2500 Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30305 Atlanta, GA 30309 STEPHEN G. STRAUSS WALTER H. SWAYZE, III RANDY J. SORIANO MEGAN E. GROSSMAN TIMOTHY J. HASKEN SEGAL MCCAMBRIDGE BRYAN CAVE LLP SINGER & MAHONEY, LTD. One Metropolitan Square 15 Exchange Place, 211 North Broadway, Suite 1020 Suite 3600 Jersey City, NJ 07302 St. Louis, MO 63102 JAMES P. MUEHLBERGER CHARLES B. CASPER LORI A. MCGRODER MONTGOMERY, MCCRACKEN, SHOOK, HARDY & BACON WALKER & RHOADS, LLP LLP 123 South Broad Street 2555 Grand Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19109 Kansas City, MO 64108 LIZA M. WALSH TRICIA B. O’REILLY WALSH PIZZI O’REILLY & FALANGA LLP One Riverfront Plaza 1037 Raymond Boulevard, Suite 600 Newark, NJ 07102 ROBERT J. MCGUIRL LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT J. MCGUIRL, LLC 295 Spring Valley Road Park Ridge, NJ 07656

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Leah Marie Nicholls
Public Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. May 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  3. Apr 23 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
  4. Apr 23 2018
    Brief amici curiae of American Tort Reform Association, et al. filed.
  5. Apr 20 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Leonard Cottrell, et al. to respond filed.
  6. Apr 18 2018
    Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Leonard Cottrell, et al.
  7. Apr 06 2018
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., et al.
  8. Mar 21 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2018)