MANDATE ISSUED.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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.

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.

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

ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED.

CIRCULATED

Record received from the U.S.D.C. Todd County District Court of Minnesota. (1-Box)

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

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Minnesota.

The record received from the Supreme Court of Minnesota, the record has been electronically filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2020. 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. 19-368 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.

Brief of respondent Adam Bandemer 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)

Ford Motor Company, Petitioner, represented by Sean Marotta

Adam Bandemer, Respondent, represented by Deepak Gupta

Adam Bandemer, Respondent, represented by Kyle Wayne Farrar

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

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

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

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