Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Resolved
Docket Number
Term
Cert. Denied
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent member plaintiff based on the State’s failure to opt out of the class.
Case Updates
Case dismissed pursuant to Rule 46.1
December 18, 2018
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert. petition concerning whether sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a state to a Rule 23 class settlement
August 08, 2018
Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.
Thomas R. McCarthy and William S. Consovoy of Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- In re Flonase Antitrust Litigation (Third Circuit).pdf
- Cert. Petition -- GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Tort Reform Association Amicus Brief -- GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Amicus Brief -- GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Washington Legal Foundation and NAM Amicus Brief -- GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf