Apple, Inc. v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on March 7, 2016
Issue: Whether vertical conduct by a disruptive market entrant, aimed at securing suppliers for a new retail platform, should be condemned as per se illegal under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, rather than analyzed under the rule of reason, because such vertical activity also had the alleged effect of facilitating horizontal collusion among the suppliers.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Sep 16 2015 | Application (15A301) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 28, 2015 to October 28, 2015, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Sep 17 2015 | Application (15A301) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until October 28, 2015. |
| Oct 28 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2015) |
| Nov 10 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 4, 2016, for all respondents. |
| Nov 17 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for all respondents, except for the United States. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of BSA I The Software Alliance filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amici curiae of The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Economists filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation
filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Act I The App Association filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Brief amici curiae of International Center for Law & Economics, and Scholars of Law and Economics filed. |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Jan 4 2016 | Brief of respondents Texas, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Jan 15 2016 | Reply of petitioner Apple, Inc. filed. |
| Jan 20 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016. |
| Feb 24 2016 | Rescheduled. |
| Feb 29 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
| Mar 7 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
