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SQM North America Corporation v. City of Pomona

Petition for certiorari denied on December 15, 2014

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-297 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: Whether, as the Ninth Circuit held, in open and admitted conflict with other courts of appeals, a district court may exclude expert testimony as unreliable only when it is based on a "faulty methodology or theory," or whether, as the Third Circuit and other circuits have held, "any step that renders the analysis unreliable . . . renders the expert's testimony inadmissible."

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/08/2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 14, 2014)
09/19/2014Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for petitioner and the respondent.
09/30/2014Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2014.
10/14/2014Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc filed.
10/14/2014Brief amici curiae of American Coatings Association, et al. filed.
10/14/2014Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
10/14/2014Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
11/13/2014Brief of respondent City of Pomona, California in opposition filed.
11/19/2014Letter of November 19, 2014, from counsel for petitioner waiving 14-day waiting period pursuant to Rule 15.5.
11/24/2014Reply of petitioner SQM North America Corporation filed.
11/25/2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014.
12/15/2014Petition DENIED.