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AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Suzanne Ivie

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-35978 · judgment May 19, 2023


Certiorari denied · December 11, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 17% cert probability (95% interval 11%–26%)

Before the decision, about 4.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below.

Question presented

In a final pretrial order under Rule 16, may a party generally contest whether the opposing party will satisfy its burden of proof on a claim or affirmative defense or must a party specifically identify each disputed element.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas M. Peterson
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

For respondent
Robert Scott Oswald
The Employment Law Group, PC

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Order
Order list, December 11, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Dec 11 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 01 2023
    Rescheduled.
  3. Dec 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
  4. Nov 08 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
  5. Nov 03 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Suzanne Ivie to respond filed.
  6. Oct 16 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2023)