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General Dynamics Corporation, et al. v. Susan Scharpf
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1465 · judgment May 9, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
ADAM BLOCK SCHWARTZ MICHAEL A. DOORNWEERD TODD STENERSON GABRIEL K. GILLETT DAVID HIGBEE JENNER & BLOCK LLP DJORDJE PETKOSKI 353 North Clark Street JOSEPH PAUL SAMUELS Chicago, IL 60654 ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN Tel: (312) 923-2631 STERLING US LLP 1101 New York Ave., NW DAVID G. BARGER Washington, DC 20005 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Tel: (202) 508-8000 1750 Tysons Boulevard Suite 1000 SIMA NAMIRI-KALANTARI McLean, VA 22102 CROWELL & MORING LLP Tel: (703) 749-1307 515 South Flower Street 40th Floor ATTISON L. BARNES, III Los Angeles, CA 90071 KRYSTAL B. SWENDSBOE Tel: (213) 622-4750 SCOTT M. MCCALEB JON W. BURD CHAHIRA SOLH WILEY REIN LLP CROWELL & MORING LLP 2050 M Street, NW 3 Park Plaza Washington, DC 20036 20th Floor Tel: (202) 719-7000 Irvine, CA 92614 Tel: (949) 263-8400 BENJAMIN L. HATCH CASEY ERIN LUCIER BRIAN ANDREW HILL MCGUIREWOODS LLP BRIAN J. WHITTAKER 888 16th Street, NW NIXON PEABODY LLP Washington, DC 20006 799 9th Street NW Tel: (202) 857-1700 Suite 500 Washington, DC 20000 J. BRENT JUSTUS Tel: (202) 585-8000 NICHOLAS J. GILES JOSHUA D. WADE ALLISON W. REIMANN W. COLE GEDDY GODFREY & KAHN, S.C. MCGUIREWOODS LLP One East Main Street Gateway Plaza Suite 500 800 East Canal Street Madison, WI 53703 Richmond, VA 23219 Tel: (608) 257-3911 Tel: (804) 775-1018 (additional counsel appear on the signature page)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
For respondent
Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- May 18 2026Hold Petition in Abeyance of General Dynamics Corp., et al. submitted.
- Jan 12 2026The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
- Dec 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 09 2025Reply of petitioners General Dynamics Corp., et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 21 2025Brief of respondent Susan Scharpf in opposition filed.
- Oct 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 21, 2025.
- Oct 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2025 to November 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 15 2025Brief amicus curiae of Shipbuilders Council of America filed.
- Oct 15 2025Brief amici curiae of United States Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed.
- Sep 25 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2025.
- Sep 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 11 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)