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