Decided

No. 19-416

Nestlé USA, Inc. v. John Doe I, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See other cases from the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Motion to tax cost award and waive costs for indigent respondents filed by respondents. (Electronically submitted on 8/2/21.) VIDED.

Response to motion to tax cost award and waive costs for indigent respondents filed by petitioner Cargill, Inc. VIDED

Response to motion to tax cost award and waive costs for indigent respondents filed by petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part III, in which Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Alito, J., joined as to Part I, and in which Kavanaugh, J., joined as to Part II. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED.

Argued. For petitioners: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul L. Hoffman, Hermosa Beach, Cal. VIDED.

Reply of petitioner Cargill, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Reply of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of International Law Scholars, Former Diplomats, and Practitioners filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Former Government Officials filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of International Law Scholars filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Small and Mid-Size Cocoa and Chocolate Companies filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Center for Justice & Accountability and Human Rights First filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Tony's Chocolonely filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign Lawyers filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Global Justice filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Access Now, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Nuremberg Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress Senator Blumenthal, Representative Smith, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors of Legal History, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Grant & Eisenhofer ESG Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of Oxfam America, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of International Human Rights Organizations filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of EarthRights International filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges filed. VIDED.

Brief of respondents in 19-453 (response to merits brief of Cargill, Inc.) filed. VIDED.

Brief of respondents in 19-416 (response to merits brief of Nestle USA, Inc.) filed. VIDED.

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

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of The Coca-Cola Company filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Professors of International Law, Foreign Relations Law and Federal Jurisdiction filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of The World Cocoa Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation filed. VIDED.

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

Brief of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.

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

Brief of petitioner Cargill, Inc. filed. VIDED.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Nestlé USA, Inc.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, John Doe I, et al. 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. 19-416. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-416. 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. 19-453 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.

Supplemental brief of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Reply of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.

Brief of respondents John Doe I, et al. in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.

Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2019)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.

Brief amicus curiae of CATO INSTITUTE filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of The National Confectioners Association, the World Cocoa Foundation, and the European Cocoa Association filed. VIDED.

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

Brief amicus curiae of Chevron Corporation filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of The Coca-Cola Company filed. VIDED.

Waiver of right of respondents John Doe I, et al. to respond filed.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, John Doe I, et al. VIDED

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 28, 2019)

Parties

Nestlé USA, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal

John Doe I, et al., Respondent, represented by Paul Lindsey Hoffman

Amici Curiae

Access Now, Article 19, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy International and Professor Ronald Deibert, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sophia Sabrina Cope

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Owen C. Pell

Center for Global Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Alan Brauch

Center for Justice & Accountability and Human Rights First, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carmen Ka Man Cheung

Chevron Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jack L. Goldsmith

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

EarthRights International, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard L. Herz

Foreign Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Joseph Aceves

Former Government Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Harold Hongju Koh

Grant & Eisenhofer ESG Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay W. Eisenhofer

International Human Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katherine M. Gallagher

International Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by William S. Dodge

International Law Scholars, Former Diplomats, and Practitioners, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth Van Schaack

Members of Congress Senator Blumenthal, Representative Smith, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Agnieszka M. Fryszman

Nuremberg Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer M. Green

Oxfam America, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael David Hausfeld

Professors of International Law, Foreign Relations Law and Federal Jurisdiction, Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Estreicher

Professors of Legal History, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Tyler Richard Giannini

Small and Mid-Size Cocoa and Chocolate Companies, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charity Starr Ryerson

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Foreign Trade Council, Global Business Alliance, and United States Council for International Business, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Patrick Elwood

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the National Foreign Trade Council, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Organization for International Investment, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Bellinger Bellinger III

The Coca-Cola Company, Amicus Curiae, represented by Pratik Arvind Shah

The World Cocoa Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kevin Paul Martin

Tony's Chocolonely, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charity Starr Ryerson

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

Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cory L. Andrews

Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Oona A. Hathaway

 
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