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Google LLC, et al. v. Epic Games, Inc., a Maryland Corporation

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-6256, 24-6274, 25-303 · judgment July 31, 2025


Dismissed · March 9, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 6%–12%)

Before the decision, about 2.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

BRIAN C. ROCCA GLENN D. POMERANTZ SUJAL J. SHAH KURUVILLA OLASA MICHELLE PARK CHIU MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LEIGHA BECKMAN LLP MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS 350 South Grand Ave. LLP Fiftieth Floor One Market, Spear St. Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tower San Francisco, CA 94105 JUSTIN P. RAPHAEL DANE P. SHIKMAN JONATHAN I. KRAVIS MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP LLP 560 Mission St. 601 Massachusetts Ave., Twenty Seventh Floor NW San Francisco, CA 94105 Suite 500E Washington, D.C. 20001 Counsel for Petitioners

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal
Milbank LLP

For respondent
Gary Andrew Bornstein
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
11 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Mar 09 2026
    Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
  2. Mar 05 2026
    Joint stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed.
  3. Feb 12 2026
    Rule 29.6 Supplemental Statement Letter of Epic Games, Inc. submitted.
  4. Jan 16 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 9, 2026.
  5. Jan 14 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 6, 2026 to March 9, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Dec 12 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2026.
  7. Dec 12 2025
    Response of Epic Games, Inc. to motion submitted.
  8. Dec 11 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2026 to February 6, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Dec 08 2025
    Response Requested. (Due January 7, 2026)
  10. Dec 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  11. Dec 02 2025
    Motion of petitioners to hold petition in abeyance filed.
  12. Nov 28 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Epic Games, Inc. to respond filed.
  13. Nov 26 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of ACT - The App Association filed.
  14. Nov 26 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Antitrust Education Project filed.
  15. Nov 21 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of International Center for Law & Economics filed.
  16. Nov 12 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of TechNet filed.
  17. Nov 07 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Committee for Justice filed.
  18. Nov 05 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
  19. Nov 05 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Center For Cybersecurity Policy and Law filed.
  20. Nov 04 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Progress, et al. filed.
  21. Nov 04 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Former National Security Officials, et al. filed.
  22. Nov 03 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
  23. Oct 31 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Computer Security Experts John Mitchell, et al. filed.
  24. Oct 27 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)