QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether either Article III or Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 permits a damages class action when the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury anything like what the class representative suffered.
DateProceedings and Orders (
key to color coding)
Sep 02 2020 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 8, 2020)Sep 30 2020 |
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2020 to November 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.Oct 02 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 6, 2020.
Oct 08 2020 |
Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association filed.Oct 08 2020 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.Nov 06 2020 |
Brief of respondent Sergio L. Ramirez in opposition filed.Nov 24 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
Nov 24 2020 |
Reply of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed. (Distributed)Dec 16 2020 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Dec 23 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Sergio L. Ramirez
Dec 23 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, TransUnion LLC
Feb 01 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
Feb 01 2021 |
Brief of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed.Feb 01 2021 |
Joint appendix (Volumes I, II, & III) filed.Feb 04 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Feb 04 2021 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Data Industry Association filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of eBay Inc., et al. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of The Home Depot, Inc. et al. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Professional Background Screening Association filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Consumer Reporting Association, Inc. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed.Feb 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States in support of neither party filed.Feb 22 2021 | CIRCULATED.
Mar 03 2021 | Brief of Sergio L. Ramirez not accepted for filing. (March 05, 2021)(Dupilicate submission)
Mar 03 2021 |
Brief of respondent Sergio L. Ramirez filed. (Distributed)Mar 05 2021 |
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.Mar 08 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed. (Distributed)Mar 09 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Advocates filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of Complex Litigation Law Professors filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of Impact Fund, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., and 24 Civil Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws filed. (Distributed)Mar 10 2021 |
Brief amici curiae of UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 19 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 19 2021 |
Reply of petitioner TransUnion LLC filed. (Distributed)Mar 30 2021 | Argued. For petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Nicole F. Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Samuel Issacharoff, New York, N. Y.