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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


2%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
Conference-stage estimate: 16%
GVR risk 0%

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

  1. May 18 2026
    Hold Petition in Abeyance of General Dynamics Corp., et al. submitted.
  2. Jan 12 2026
    The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
  3. Dec 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  4. Dec 09 2025
    Reply of petitioners General Dynamics Corp., et al. filed. (Distributed)
  5. Nov 21 2025
    Brief of respondent Susan Scharpf in opposition filed.
  6. Oct 31 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 21, 2025.
  7. Oct 30 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2025 to November 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Oct 15 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Shipbuilders Council of America filed.
  9. Oct 15 2025
    Brief amici curiae of United States Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed.
  10. Sep 25 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2025.
  11. Sep 23 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. Sep 11 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)