Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Barrett, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the cases. VIDED.

Record from the 8th Judicial District Court of Montana electronically received.

Argued. For petitioner: Sean Marotta, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Deepak Gupta, Washington, D. C. VIDED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. VIDED.

Reply of petitioner Ford Motor Company filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED. VIDED.

Motion of Minnesota, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. VIDED.

Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of American Association for Justice and Public Justice, P.C. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Professors Pamela K. Bookman, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Minnesota, Texas, 37 Other States and The District of Columbia filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Main Street Alliance filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors of Jurisdiction filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Motion of Minnesota, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure and Federal Courts Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Center for Auto Safety filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jonathan R. Nash filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.

Brief of respondents Charles Lucero, personal representative of the Estate of Markkaya Jean Gullett, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice Of The Defense Bar filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Institute of International Bankers filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of The Alliance for Automobile Innovation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. VIDED.

The record of the Supreme Court of Montana is available on its' website (www.supremecourtdocket.mt.gov).

Brief of petitioner Ford Motor Company filed. VIDED.

Joint appendix filed (statement of costs filed). VIDED.

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Montana.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2020. VIDED.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Ford Motor Company.VIDED.

Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-368. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-368. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”

Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-369 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.

Reply of petitioner Ford Motor Company filed.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.

Brief of respondent Charles Lucero, personal representative of the Estate of Markkaya Jean Gullett in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 20, 2019.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 21, 2019 to November 20, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Ford Motor Company.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2019)

Application (19A103) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 18, 2019.

Application (19A103) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 19, 2019 to September 18, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Ford Motor Company, Petitioner, represented by Sean Marotta

Charles Lucero, personal representative of the Estate of Markkaya Jean Gullett, et al., Respondent, represented by Deepak Gupta

American Association for Justice and Public Justice, P.C., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert S. Peck

Civil Procedure Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan B. Morrison

DRI - The Voice Of The Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa Marie Baird

Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Martin Saul Wishnatsky

Institute of International Bankers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elbert Lin

Main Street Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hassan Ali Zavareei

Minnesota, Texas, 37 Other States and The District of Columbia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth Catherine Kramer

National Association of Home Builders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric F. Citron

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Amicus Curiae, represented by Virginia Anne Seitz

Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by David R. Geiger

Professor Jonathan R. Nash, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Remy Nash

Professors of Jurisdiction, Amicus Curiae, represented by Vincent Gregory Levy

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jaime Ann Santos

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, The National Association of Manufacturers, and The American Tort Reform Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew John Pincus

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian H. Fletcher

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amanda Kelly Rice