E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on November 20, 2023.
Issue
Whether nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel can be applied to make the results of a handful of unrepresentative bellwether trials binding on the defendant in all pending and future cases in a multi-district litigation.
Mar 29, 2023Application (22A860) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 2, 2023 to June 1, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Apr 3, 2023Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 1, 2023.
May 5, 2023Application (22A860) to extend further the time from June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.May 9, 2023Application (22A860) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 30, 2023.
Jun 30, 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 4, 2023)Jul 28, 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 4, 2023 to August 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.Jul 31, 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2023, for all respondents.
Jul 31, 2023Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.Aug 4, 2023Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.Aug 4, 2023Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.Aug 4, 2023Brief amici curiae of 3M, et al. filed.Aug 4, 2023Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.Aug 15, 2023Brief of respondents Travis Abbott, et al. in opposition filed.Aug 30, 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
Aug 30, 2023Reply of petitioner E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. filed. (Distributed)Oct 2, 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
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Nov 20, 2023Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Recommended Citation: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/e-i-du-pont-de-nemours-co-v-abbott/