U.S. Supreme Court Amicus

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American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. O’Keefe

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
February 8, 2019

U.S. Chamber and the National Association of Manufacturers file amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review whether Oregon’s “Clean Fuels Program” unconstitutionally discriminates against out of state fuel producers.  

Kisor v. Wilkie

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 31, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at merits stage, arguing Supreme Court should overrule Seminole Rock and Auer deference to an agency's interpretations of its own regulations

The Dutra Group v. Batterton

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 29, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at the merits stage, arguing that courts may not award punitive damages for violations of the common-law duty of seaworthiness

PDR Network, LLC, et al. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 15, 2019

U.S. Chamber files merits-stage amicus brief in support of neither party, encouraging Supreme Court to protect reliance interests by holding that Hobbs Act generally prohibits collateral challenges to agency rules, while also recognizing private defendants’ due process rights in TCPA litigation to challenge regulations sought to be enforced against them

New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
January 15, 2019

Supreme Court issues a unanimous 8-0 decision that the exception to the Federal Arbitration Act for “contracts of employment” for certain workers in interstate transportation includes workers categorized as independent contractors.  The decision may make it substantially more difficult for businesses in the interstate transportation industry to enforce arbitration agreements with their independent contractor workers.  

Leone v. Maui County

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
January 14, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court denies cert. petition from Hawaii Supreme Court in regulatory-takings case concerning land-use restrictions. The Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant review and reverse the decision

Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 11, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court grants cert. addressing FOIA exemption that protects confidential commercial information

Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 11, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court grants cert. to review Ninth Circuit decision applying California’s wage-and-hour laws to offshore drilling operations subject to OCSLA

Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 9, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief at the merits stage, arguing the Supreme Court should reverse the Eleventh Circuit concerning the statute of limitations for False Claims Act suits brought by qui tam relators.  The Chamber previously filed an amicus brief urging the Court to take the case.

Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. Maizes

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 9, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing Supreme Court should grant cert. petition to resolve circuit split on whether incorporation of AAA rules delegates to arbitrator the decision whether arbitration agreement permits class arbitration

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Campie

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
January 7, 2019

Supreme Court declines to review circuit split on materiality under False Claims Act

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
January 7, 2019

Supreme Court declines to review Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision upholding personal jurisdiction to enforce civil investigative demand against out-of-state corporation

Soundboard Association v. FTC

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
January 7, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert. and reverse D.C. Circuit decision allowing administrative agencies to avoid judicial review with boilerplate language disclaiming finality

Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc.

U.S. Supreme Court
Decided
January 7, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court issues unanimous arbitration decision, reaffirming that courts must enforce arbitration contracts according to their terms and thus cannot create unwritten exceptions to the Federal Arbitration Act

Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Schurke

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
December 28, 2018

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief encouraging Supreme Court to grant cert. and reverse Ninth Circuit decision holding that federal courts must accept plaintiffs’ allegations concerning state law in determining whether state-law claims are preempted by federal labor laws

Frank v. Gaos

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
December 20, 2018

Blog post: Frank v. Gaos and the importance of actual injury

Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Boatright

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
December 20, 2018

U.S. Chamber files coalition brief asking Supreme Court to protect the due process right of class action defendants to present every available defense and reverse overbroad issue preclusion in Engle litigation saga

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Searcy

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
December 20, 2018

U.S. Chamber files coalition brief asking Supreme Court to protect the due process right of class action defendants to present every available defense and reverse overbroad issue preclusion in Engle litigation saga

 

Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
December 17, 2018

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the government lacks authority to seek administrative review of patents’ validity under the America Invents Act

Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

U.S. Supreme Court
Pending
December 11, 2018

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to hold that a company’s decision to open its private property for speech by the public does not make it a state actor subject to First Amendment scrutiny

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