No. 19-1323

B.E. Technology, L.L.C. v. Facebook, Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights costs due-process federal-circuit judicial-imprimatur legal-relationship mootness preclusion prevailing-party standing texas-state-teachers-association-v-garland
Latest Conference: 2020-10-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Following this Court's decision in CRST, does the standard for determining whether a defendant is a "prevailing party" require the "material alteration of the legal relationship of the parties" marked by "judicial imprimatur," or, as the Federal Circuit held, is any "rebuffing" of the plaintiff, with or without a material alteration of the legal relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant, sufficient?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the dismissal of a case for mootness can satisfy the 'prevailing party' standard

Docket Entries

2020-10-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
2020-09-23
Reply of petitioner B.E. Technology, L.L.C. submitted.
2020-09-17
Brief of respondent Facebook, Inc. in opposition filed.
2020-08-18
Response Requested. (Due September 17, 2020)
2020-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent Facebook, Inc. to respond filed.
2020-05-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2020)

Attorneys

B.E. Technology, L.L.C.
Daniel Justin WeinbergFreitas & Weinberg LLP, Petitioner
Facebook, Inc.
Heidi Lyn KeefeCooley, LLP, Respondent