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The Estate of Isabella "Bella" Herndon, et al. v. Netflix, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-15260 · judgment February 27, 2024
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a business respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether diversity jurisdiction in the context of the Class Action Fairness Act may be established without ever identifying a diverse person or their state or country of citizenship.
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Whether diversity jurisdiction under Article III may be exercised without ever establishing personal jurisdiction over a diverse person.
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Whether, under TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413 (2021), jurisdiction may be predicated on injury-at-law under wrongful-death or survivorship statutes without showing Article III injury-in-fact.
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Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand— depending upon this Court’s forthcoming decision in a case submitted for decision this term, Royal Canin U.S.A. v. Wullschleger, No. 23-677.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew Benedict Grimm
Digital Justice Foundation, Inc.
For respondent
Elaine Janet Goldenberg
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Linked docket
24A149
Order
Order list, February 24, 2025 · Summary disposition
Proceedings
- Mar 28 2025Judgment Issued.
- Feb 24 2025Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, 604 U. S. 22 (2025).
- Jan 15 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
- Dec 27 2024Brief of respondent Netflix, Inc. in opposition filed.
- Nov 13 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 27, 2024.
- Nov 12 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 27, 2024 to December 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 28 2024Response Requested. (Due November 27, 2024)
- Oct 23 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
- Oct 18 2024Waiver of right of respondent Netflix, Inc. to respond filed.
- Oct 15 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2024)
- Aug 08 2024Application (24A149) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 14, 2024.
- Aug 05 2024Application (24A149) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 15, 2024 to October 14, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.