Sergeants Benevolent Ass’n Health and Welfare Fund v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLP
Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2016
Issue: Whether, where purchasers allege that a manufacturer misrepresented a drug's safety to prescribing doctors to increase sales, the presence of the doctors breaks the causal chain"for purposes of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act causation"between the misrepresentations and the purchasers' economic injuries.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, July 19, 2016)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 05/04/2016 | Application (15A1138) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 18, 2016 to June 17, 2016, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| 05/05/2016 | Application (15A1138) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 17, 2016. |
| 06/17/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 21, 2016) |
| 06/30/2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 22, 2016. |
| 07/21/2016 | Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed. |
| 08/18/2016 | Brief of respondents Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLP, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 09/06/2016 | Reply of petitioners Sergeants Benevolent Association Health and Welfare Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 09/07/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016. |
| 10/03/2016 | Petition DENIED. |