Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Brief amicus curiae of Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO

Brief amicus curiae of United Steel, Paper and Forestry,Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 6, 2013.

Waiver of right of respondent Exxon Mobil Corporation to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2013)

Connie Minton, Executor of the Estate of Rubert E. Minton, Petitioner, represented by Elihu Inselbuch

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Respondent, represented by Jonathan D. Hacker

American Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Robert White

Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ellen Alice Silver

United Steel, Paper and Forestry,Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Michael Hughes