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SAP SE, et al. v. Teradata Corporation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-16065 · judgment December 19, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Ninth Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the rule of reason properly governs tying claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1, concerning software products that are technologically integrated—including where, as here, the tied product is sold separately from the tying product.

  2. Whether the Court’s precedents applying a per se rule to analyze the lawfulness of tying arrangements under Section 1 of the Sherman Act should be overruled. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Deanne Elizabeth Maynard
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
24M98

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Sep 10 2025
    Reply of petitioners SAP SE, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Aug 25 2025
    Brief of respondents Teradata Corporation, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Aug 11 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
  6. Aug 11 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Microsoft Corporation, et al. filed.
  7. Jul 16 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 25, 2025.
  8. Jul 15 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 11, 2025 to August 25, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jul 11 2025
    Response Requested. (Due August 11, 2025)
  10. Jul 09 2025
    Letter of July 7, 2025 from counsel for petitioners recevied.
  11. Jul 02 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  12. Jun 30 2025
    Motion (24M98) Granted.
  13. Jun 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Teradata Corporation, et al. to respond filed.
  14. Jun 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
  15. Jun 02 2025
    Motion (24M98) of petitioners for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
  16. Jun 02 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2025)