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Audubon Imports, LLC, dba Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge, et al. v. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG), et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-17139 · judgment October 26, 2021
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner.
Question presented
JEFFREY M. SCAFARIA CHRISTOPHER T. MICHELETTI SCAFARIA LAW JUDITH A. ZAHID 2000 Market Street, Suite 1440 QIANWEI FU Philadelphia, PA 19103 ZELLE LLP Telephone: (215) 800-1083 555 12th Street, Suite 1230 jeff@scafarialaw.com Oakland, CA 94607 Telephone: (415) 633-1912 ERIC L. CHASE cmicheletti@zelle.com RONALD J. CAMPIONE jzahid@zelle.com BRESSLER, AMERY & ROSS, P.C. qfu@zelle.com 325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301 DENNIS M. GEORGE Florham Park, NJ 07932 ARANGIO GEORGE, LLP 17 State Street, 34th Floor 2000 Market Street, Suite 1440 New York, NY 10004 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (973) 514-1200 Telephone: (215) 567-1999 echase@bressler.com dgeorge@arangiogeorge.com rcampione@bressler.com DONALD C. KLAWITER WILLIAM A. KERSHAW STERLINGTON, PLLC IAN J. BARLOW 228 Park Ave S KERSHAW, COOK & TALLEY, P.C. New York, NY 10003 401 Watt Avenue, Suite 1 Telephone: (202) 468-5222 Sacramento, CA 95864 dklawiter@sterlington.net Telephone: (916) 520-6639 THOMAS P. THRASH bill@kctlegal.com THRASH LAW FIRM, P.A. ian@kctlegal.com 1101 Garland Street ISAAC L. DIEL Little Rock, AR 72201 SHARP LAW LLP Telephone: (501) 374-1058 4820 W 75th Street tomthrash@thrashlawfirmpa.com Prairie Village, KS 66208 CHARLES D. GABRIEL Telephone: (913) 901-0505 CHALMERS & ADAMS, LLC idiel@midwest-law.com North Fulton Satellite Office LARRY D. LAHMAN 5805 State Bridge Road #G77 MITCHELL DE CLERCK Johns Creek, GA 30097 202 West Broadway Avenue Telephone: (678) 735-5903 Enid, OK 73701 cdgabriel@chalmersadams.com Telephone: (580) 498-1787 STEPHEN B. MURRAY, SR. larry.lahman@sbcglobal.net STEPHEN B. MURRAY, JR. MURRAY LAW FIRM 701 Poydras Street, Suite 4250 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 525-8100 smurray@murray-lawfirm.com smurrayjr@murray-lawfirm.com
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christopher James Cormier
Burns Charest LLP
For respondent
Sharon L. Nelles
Sullivan and Cromwell LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 21 2022Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- May 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
- May 25 2022Waiver of right of respondents Daimler Aktiengesellschaft (Daimler AG, now known as Mercedes-Benz Group AG) and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC to respond filed.
- May 25 2022Waiver of right of respondents Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Volkswagen AG, Audi of America, Inc., Audi of America, LLC, Audi AG, Porsche Cars North America, Inc., and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG to respond filed.
- May 25 2022Waiver of right of respondents Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG), BMW (US) Holding Corp.; BMW of North America, LLC to respond filed.
- Apr 22 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 26, 2022)