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LinkedIn Corporation v. hiQ Labs, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-16783 · judgment September 9, 2019


GVR'd · June 14, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a company that deploys anonymous computer “bots” to circumvent technical barriers and harvest millions of individuals’ personal data from computer servers that host public-facing websites—even after the computer servers’ owner has expressly denied permission to access the data—“intentionally accesses a computer without authorization” in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

For respondent
R. Corey Worcester
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
19A819

Proceedings

  1. Jul 16 2021
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Jun 14 2021
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Electronic Privacy Information Center GRANTED.
  3. Jun 14 2021
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Van Buren v. United States, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
  4. Jun 07 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
  5. Jun 07 2021
    Supplemental brief of petitioner LinkedIn Corporation filed. (Distributed)
  6. Jul 16 2020
    Reply of petitioner LinkedIn Corporation filed. (Distributed)
  7. Jul 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  8. Jun 25 2020
    Brief of respondent hiQ Labs, Inc. in opposition filed.
  9. May 11 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 25, 2020.
  10. May 08 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 26, 2020 to June 25, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Apr 23 2020
    Response Requested. (Due May 26, 2020)
  12. Apr 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
  13. Apr 13 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent hiQ Labs, Inc. to respond filed.
  14. Apr 13 2020
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Electronic Privacy Information Center. (Distributed)
  15. Apr 01 2020
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, LinkedIn Corporation
  16. Mar 09 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 13, 2020)
  17. Jan 23 2020
    Application (19A819) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 9, 2020.
  18. Jan 22 2020
    Application (19A819) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.