Allstate Insurance Company v. Jacobsen
Petition for certiorari denied on May 5, 2014
Issue: (1) Whether the Due Process Clause precludes state courts from certifying a class action for injunctive and declaratory relief that the class representative cannot seek in an individual capacity; (2) whether the Due Process Clause precludes state courts from certifying a no-opt-out class action to provide the predicate for later individual awards of compensatory and punitive damages; and (3) whether the Due Process Clause precludes state courts from certifying class claims on the premise that individual defenses will be removed from consideration.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston, April 29, 2014)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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12/19/2013 | Application (13A640) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 6, 2014 to March 7, 2014, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
12/31/2013 | Application (13A640) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until January 30, 2014. |
01/30/2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 3, 2014) |
02/03/2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 2, 2014. |
02/04/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
02/05/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
02/28/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Center for Class Action Fairness filed. |
03/03/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Allergan, Inc., et al. filed. |
03/03/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and International Association of Defense Counsel filed. |
03/03/2014 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
03/03/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
03/03/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. |
04/01/2014 | Brief of respondent Robert Jacobsen, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated. in opposition filed. |
04/15/2014 | Reply of petitioner Allstate Insurance Company filed. |
04/16/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 2, 2014. |
05/05/2014 | Petition DENIED. |