China Agritech Inc. v. Resh

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-432	9th Cir.	Mar 26, 0018	Jun 11, 2018	9-0	Ginsburg	OT 2017

Holding: Upon denial of class certification, a putative class member may not, in lieu of promptly joining an existing suit or promptly filing an individual action, commence a class action anew beyond the time allowed by the applicable statute of limitations.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on June 11, 2018. Justice Sotomayor filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Justices limit tolling of statutes of limitations that permits "stacked" class actions (Ronald Mann, June 11, 2018)
A "view" from the courtroom: Chipping away at the caseload (Mark Walsh, June 11, 2018)
Argument analysis: Justices dubious about limiting precedent that tolls statutes of limitations to permit "stacked" class actions (Ronald Mann, March 27, 2018)
Argument preview: Justices to consider yet another twist on tolling statutes of limitation for class-action filers (Ronald Mann, March 19, 2018)
Justices release March calendar (Amy Howe, January 24, 2018)
Court adds seven new cases to merits docket (Amy Howe, December 9, 2017)
Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, October 20, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/21/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2017)
10/12/2017	Waiver of right of respondent Charles Law to respond filed.
10/23/2017	Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.
10/23/2017	Brief of respondents William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. in opposition filed.
11/07/2017	Reply of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed.
11/08/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
12/04/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.
12/08/2017	Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. GRANTED.
12/08/2017	Petition GRANTED.
01/17/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, China Agritech, Inc..
01/22/2018	Brief of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed.
01/22/2018	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
01/24/2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 26, 2018
01/24/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V..
01/26/2018	Brief amicus curiae of DRI--The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
01/29/2018	Brief amici curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed.
01/29/2018	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
01/29/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
02/07/2018	CIRCULATED
02/21/2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
02/21/2018	Brief of respondents William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. filed. (Distributed)
02/21/2018	Supplemental joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) (Distributed)
02/27/2018	Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Post-Dukes Successor Class Actions filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Brief amici curiae of AARP and AARP Foundation filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Brief amici curiae of American Association for Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems filed. (Distributed)
03/16/2018	Reply of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
03/26/2018	Argued. For petitioner: Seth A. Aronson, Los Angeles, Cal. For respondents: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.
06/11/2018	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
07/13/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.