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Cordis Corporation v. Jerry Dunson, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-15257 · judgment April 14, 2017

Certiorari denied · November 27, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Clifton S. Elgarten
Crowell & Moring LLP

For respondent
Scott Lawrence Nelson
Public Citizen Litigation Group

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Nov 27 2017
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Washington Legal Foundation GRANTED.
  2. Nov 27 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Nov 01 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017.
  4. Nov 01 2017
    Reply of petitioner Cordis Corporation filed. (Distributed)
  5. Oct 18 2017
    Brief of respondents Jerry Dunson, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Sep 18 2017
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Washington Legal Foundation.
  7. Sep 15 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
  8. Sep 07 2017
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Cordis Corporation on 09/13/2017
  9. Sep 07 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 18, 2017.
  10. Aug 17 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2017)