No. 21-1100
3M Company, et al. v. George Amador
Amici (6)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review daubert-standard daubert-v-merrell-dow evidence-admissibility expert-testimony federal-rule-of-evidence-702 general-electric-v-joiner judicial-gatekeeping pending-mdl reliability-threshold standard-of-review
Latest Conference:
2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Eighth Circuit's "so fundamentally-unsupported" standard of initial admissibility for expert testimony conflicts with this Court's precedents and Federal Rule of Evidence 702.
2. Whether the Eighth Circuit's insufficiently deferential standard of appellate review of decisions excluding expert testimony conflicts with this Court's precedents and Federal Rule of Evidence 702.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Circuit's standard of initial admissibility for expert testimony conflicts with this Court's precedents and Federal Rule of Evidence 702
Docket Entries
2022-05-16
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2022-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-26
Reply of petitioners 3M Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-11
Brief of respondent George Amador in opposition filed.
2022-03-11
Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers filed.
2022-03-11
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2022-03-10
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
2022-03-09
Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.
2022-03-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 11, 2022.
2022-03-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 11, 2022 to April 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
2022-02-11
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, 3M Company, et al.
2022-02-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2022)
Attorneys
3M Company, et al.
Paul D. Clement — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Petitioner
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. Ebner — Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Tort Reform Association, The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, The Retail Litigation Center, Inc.
Paul Whitfield Hughes — McDermott Will & Emery, Amicus
George Amador
Deepak Gupta — Gupta Wessler PLLC, Respondent
Lawyers for Civil Justice
Mary Massaron — Plunkett Cooney, Amicus
Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (PLAC)
The National Association of Manufacturers
Philip S. Goldberg — Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Amicus