No. 25-18

Cirrus Design Corporation v. Great Western Air, LLC, dba Cirrus Aviation Services, LLC

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split jury-trial lanham-act monetary-relief seventh-amendment trademark-infringement
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Copyright Trademark Patent Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, as this Court held in Dairy Queen, the Seventh Amendment jury-trial right applies in trademark-infringement actions seeking monetary relief in the form of the infringer's profits.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Amendment jury-trial right applies in actions seeking monetary relief in the form of the infringer's profits

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-06
Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
2025-08-06
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2025-08-05
Waiver of Great Western Air, LLC of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-05
Waiver of right of respondent Great Western Air, LLC to respond filed.
2025-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2025)
2025-05-20
Application (24A1004) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 27, 2025.
2025-05-16
Application (24A1004) to extend further the time from May 30, 2025 to June 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2025-04-21
Application (24A1004) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 30, 2025.
2025-04-16
Application (24A1004) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 30, 2025 to May 30, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Cato Institute
Thomas Arthur BerryCato Institute, Amicus
Cirrus Design Corporation
Paul D. ClementClement & Murphy, PLLC, Petitioner
Great Western Air, LLC
Matthew Nis LeerbergFox Rothschild LLP, Respondent