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.

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of AARP and AARP Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Association for Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Post-Dukes Successor Class Actions filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

Supplemental joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) (Distributed)

Brief of respondents William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 26, 2018

Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V..

Brief of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, China Agritech, Inc..

Petition GRANTED.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.

Reply of petitioner China Agritech, Inc. filed.

Brief of respondents William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V. in opposition filed.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.

Waiver of right of respondent Charles Law to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2017)

China Agritech, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Seth Alben Aronson

Charles Law, Respondent, represented by Charles Eric Coleman

William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V., Respondent, represented by David C. Frederick

William Schoenke, Heroca Holding, B.V. and Ninella Beheer, B.V., Respondent, represented by Matthew Moylan Guiney

AARP and AARP Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Julie Nepveu

American Association for Justice, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Deepak Gupta

DRI--The Voice of the Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Latane Wise

Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lumen N. Mulligan

National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems, Amicus Curiae, represented by Max W. Berger

Plaintiffs in Post-Dukes Successor Class Actions, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joseph Marc Sellers

Public Citizen, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Lawrence Nelson

Retired Federal Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Nathan Goldfarb

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lewis Jeffrey Liman

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by George Edward Anhang