No. 24-629

Petrobras America, Incorporated v. Samsung Heavy Industries Company, Limited

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: circuit-split civil-action direct-relation injury-standard proximate-cause rico-act
Key Terms:
Arbitration Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. What is the appropriate standard for assessing a direct relation between the injury asserted and the injurious conduct alleged under RICO?

2. Can proximate cause under RICO be established when the defendant's RICO violation harms a plaintiff who is not the specific target of the underlying criminal act?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

What is the appropriate standard for assessing a direct relation between the injury asserted and the injurious conduct alleged under RICO, and can proximate cause be established when the defendant's RICO violation harms a plaintiff who is not the specific target of the underlying criminal act?

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-10
Waiver of right of respondent Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to respond filed.
2024-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Petrobras America, Incorporated
Jonathan Joseph WalshCurtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Petitioner
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Christopher M. OdellArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Respondent