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Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-16506, 21-16695 · judgment April 24, 2023
Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
A federal court may provide injunctive relief only to the named plaintiff, unless a class has been certified or broader relief is necessary to redress that plaintiff ’s injury. In this single-plaintiff lawsuit, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a universal injunction that affects millions of nonparties without any findings or evidence that such relief is necessary to redress the individual plaintiff ’s alleged injury. The question presented is: Whether, in the absence of class certification, a federal court is precluded from entering an injunction that extends to nonparties without a specific finding that such relief is necessary—as to all nonparties—to redress any injury to the individual plaintiff. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mark Andrew Perry
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
For respondent
Thomas C. Goldstein
Proceedings
- Jan 16 2024Petition DENIED.
- Dec 27 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
- Dec 22 2023Reply of petitioner Apple Inc. filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 08 2023Brief of respondent Epic Games, Inc. in opposition filed.
- Nov 30 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2023.
- Nov 28 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 1, 2023 to December 8, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 01 2023Brief amicus curiae of ACT | The App Association filed.
- Nov 01 2023Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and TechFreedom filed.
- Oct 30 2023Brief amici curiae of NetChoice, et al. filed.
- Oct 30 2023Brief amicus curiae of Civil Justice Association of California filed.
- Oct 27 2023Brief amicus curiae of International Center for Law & Economics filed.
- Oct 17 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 1, 2023.
- Oct 14 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2023 to December 1, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 28 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2023)