Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Bennett Regulator Guards Inc.

Petition for certiorari are granted, judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for further consideration in light of Thryv Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, on April 27, 2020

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-999	Fed. Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2019

Issue: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to review the Patent Trial and Appeal Board"s decision to institute inter partes review of respondent"s patent over respondent"s objection that it was time-barred; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred when it rejected the longstanding principle that a dismissal without prejudice leaves the parties as if a suit had never been brought, splitting the circuits.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/17/2018	Application (18A637) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2018 to January 28, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.
12/18/2018	Application (18A637) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 28, 2019.
01/28/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)
02/06/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2019 to April 1, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
02/12/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2019.
03/04/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed.
03/26/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2019 to May 8, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
03/29/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 8, 2019.
05/08/2019	Brief of respondent Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. in opposition filed.
05/28/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
05/28/2019	Reply of petitioner Atlanta Gas Light Company filed. (Distributed)
06/17/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
04/20/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
04/27/2020	Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, 590 U. S. ___ (2020).
05/29/2020	JUDGMENT ISSUED.