Forum
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Status
Resolved
Docket Number
15-1456, 15-1460
Case Updates
Petition for rehearing en banc denied
June 20, 2016
Federal Circuit affirms specific personal jurisdiction
March 18, 2016
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed on interlocutory appeal that a company was subject to specific personal jurisdiction based on the company’s suit-related contacts with a state. The Court did not address general personal jurisdiction, the issue raised by the U.S. Chamber in its briefs in support of neither party.
U.S. Chamber files amicus briefs
May 26, 2015
In its briefs to the Federal Circuit for these related cases, the US Chamber argued that a State’s coercing corporations to consent to general jurisdiction in its courts as a condition of registering to do business in the State violates due process and contravenes the Supreme Court’s teachings in Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014).
The amicus briefs are available here and here.
Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, and James F. Tierney of Mayer Brown represented the US Chamber of Commerce as counsel to the US Chamber Litigation Center in these cases.
U.S. Chamber amicus briefs filed in both cases, Acorda Therapeutics and AstraZeneca, on 5/26/2015 in support of neither party.
Argued 3/2/2016. Decided 3/18/2016.
Petition for rehearing en banc filed 4/18/2016. Denied 6/20/2016.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Acorda v. Mylan (District Court).pdf
- Opinion -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (District Court).pdf
- Brief for Appellants -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Brief for Appellants -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- GPhA Amicus Brief -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Brief for Appellees -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Brief of Appellee -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Teva Amicus Brief -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Teva Pharmaceuticals Amicus Brief -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Biotechnology Industry Organization Amicus Brief -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Biotechnology Industry Organization Amicus Brief -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- PhRMA Amicus Brief -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- PhRMA Amicus Brief -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Law Professors Amicus Brief -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Law Professors Amicus Brief -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Reply Brief for Appellants -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Reply Brief for Appellant -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Citation of Supplemental Authority -- AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Additional Citation of Supplemental Authority -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Response of Appellees -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed)_0.pdf
- Opinion -- Acorda v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Petition for Rehearing -- Acorda and AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Generic Pharmaceutical Association Amicus Brief -- Acorda and AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf
- Response to Petition for Rehearing En Banc -- Acorda and AstraZeneca v. Mylan (CAFed).pdf