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Logic Technology Development LLC v. Food and Drug Administration

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 22-3030 · judgment October 19, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 21, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Third Circuit decision below, and a business petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) creation of a new, heightened standard for evaluating already-pending premarket tobacco product applications (“PMTAs”) for certain electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) products was “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A).

  2. Whether FDA’s subsequent, retroactive extension of this heightened evidentiary standard to pending PMTAs for menthol-flavored ENDS was “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” Id.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Misha Tseytlin
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
23A779

Proceedings

  1. Apr 21 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 14 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
  3. Apr 11 2025
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Logic Technology Development LLC filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jun 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
  5. Jun 25 2024
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Logic Technology Development LLC filed.
  6. Jun 24 2024
    Letter of respondent Food and Drug Administration filed.
  7. Jun 04 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
  8. May 30 2024
    Reply of petitioner Logic Technology Development LLC filed.
  9. May 17 2024
    Brief of respondent U.S. Food and Drug Administration filed.
  10. Apr 15 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 17, 2024)
  11. Feb 26 2024
    Application (23A779) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 15, 2024.
  12. Feb 22 2024
    Application (23A779) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 14, 2024 to April 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.