sham-litigation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23A1107 Abbott Laboratories, et al. v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2024-06-12 Presumed Complete attorney-client-privilege crime-fraud-exception mandamus patent-litigation sham-litigation work-product-privilege Question not identified.
22-296 Willow Grande, LLC v. Cherokee Triangle Association, et al. Kentucky 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process antitrust-immunity antitrust-liability civil-procedure noerr-pennington-doctrine noncompetitors sham-litigation standing wrongful-use-of-civil-proceedings 1. In Eastern RR Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., 365 U.S. 127 (1961) and in United Mine Workers of Am. v. Pennington, 381 U.S. 657…
20-1293 AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Third Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Amici (3) antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure due-process litigation-exception noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-immunity objective-baselessness sham-litigation standing subjective-element Whether the subjective element of the "sham litigation" exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challe…
20-1294 Simon Campbell, et al. v. Pennsylvania School Boards Association, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 42-u-s-c-1983 civil-rights first-amendment free-speech petitioning petitioning-immunity retaliation retaliation-claim sham-litigation state-action state-actors 1. Are state actors, acting under color of state law, entitled to claim petitioning immunity from liability for a First Amendment retaliation claim br…
19-1375 Aaron L. Katz v. Incline Village General Improvement District Nevada 2020-06-13 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights fee-shifting first-amendment litigation-immunity petition-clause public-concern public-grievances punitive-statute sham-litigation standing The First Amendment right to petition clause contains a heightened standard precluding liability when a citizen exercises his/her right to bring suit …
19-548 Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. Massachusetts 2019-10-29 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that …
19-505 William Rupert v. Susan Bond, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response Waived antitrust circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process frcp-12b6 judicial-expediency noerr-pennington personal-jurisdiction rico rico-statute sham-litigation standing (1) Should the circuit splits over the use of FRCP 12(b)(6) motions (prior to discovery or an evidentiary hearing), to rule upon a disputed issue of f…