Decided

No. 15-513

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See other cases from the Fifth Circuit.

Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Argued. For petitioner: Kathleen M. Sullivan, New York, N. Y. For respondents: Tejinder Singh, Bethesda, Md.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Reply of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed. (Distributed)

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

CIRCULATED

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

Brief amicus curiae of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund filed.

Received from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of Mississippi. (7 Boxes) a portion of the record is SEALED.

Brief amicus curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief of respondents United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. filed.

Record has been requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, November 1, 2016

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

Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Government Procurement filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

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

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

Brief amici curiae of The American Tort Reform Association, et al. filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Brief of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed.

Joint appendix filed. (3 volumes).

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 12, 2016.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 29, 2016.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2016.

Supplemental brief of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

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

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.

Reply of petitioner State Farm Fire and Casualty Company filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Academy Advisors filed.

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

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

Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief of respondents United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The American Tort Reform Association filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2015)

Parties

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Petitioner, represented by Kathleen M. Sullivan

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Petitioner, represented by Sheila L. Birnbaum

United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al., Respondent, represented by Tejinder Singh

United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al., Respondent, represented by William E. Copley

Amici Curiae

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Long Jr.

Coalition for Government Procurement, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dan Himmelfarb

DRI-The Voice of The Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Ebner

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey T. Green

National Whistleblower Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen M. Kohn

Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frederick M. Morgan Jr.

The Academy Advisors, Amicus Curiae, represented by David W. O'Brien

The American Tort Reform Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jessica L. Ellsworth

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by James C. Martin

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by John F. Bash

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ian Heath Gershengorn

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

 
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