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PharMerica Corp. v. United States ex rel. Gadbois

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2016
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-1309 1st Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2015

Issue: Whether, as the Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits have held, courts must apply the first-to-file bar as of the time the follow-on case is filed and dismiss a copycat qui tam action brought when a related action is pending; or whether, as the First Circuit held, subsequent events can cure the first-to-file defect, such that a follow-on case may avoid the statutory bar simply by remaining on the docket until the first-filed action inevitably ends.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Apr 22 2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 26, 2016)
May 23 2016Brief of respondent United States, ex rel. Robert Gadbois in opposition filed.
May 26 2016Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by New England Legal Foundation.
Jun 6 2016Reply of petitioner PharMerica Corporation filed.
Jun 7 2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.
Jun 27 2016Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by New England Legal Foundation GRANTED.
Jun 27 2016Petition DENIED.