| Microsoft Corp. v. Baker | |
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| Argued March 21, 2017 Decided June 12, 2017 | |
| Full case name | Microsoft Corporation v. Seth Baker, et al. |
| Docket no. | 15-457 |
| Citations | 582U.S. 23 (more) 137 S. Ct. 1702; 198L. Ed. 2d 132 |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Baker v. Microsoft Corp., 851F. Supp. 2d1274 (W.D. Wash. 2012); 797F.3d607 (9th Cir. 2015);cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 890 (2016). |
| Holding | |
| Federal courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to review a denial of class certification after the plaintiffs have voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment), joined by Roberts, Alito |
| Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1291 | |
Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, 582 U.S. 23 (2017), is aUnited States Supreme Court case holding thatFederal courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to review a denial of class certification after plaintiffs have voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice.[1][2][3]
On October 5, 2009, theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington refused to certify aclass action lawsuit regarding scratched discs caused byXbox 360 technical problems, and plaintiffs then settled.[4] A new set of plaintiffs then filed a new class action bringing the same claims.[4] After the district court again refused to certify the class action claims, plaintiffs joined Microsoft's motion to dismiss the entire lawsuit with prejudice, which U.S. District JudgeRicardo S. Martinez granted on March 27, 2012.[5] Plaintiffs hoped this would create an appealable issue whereby they could also challenge the denied class certification.[4]
On March 18, 2015, theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with the plaintiffs, finding that it had jurisdiction to review and that denying class certification had been an abuse of discretion, in which JudgeJohnnie B. Rawlinson was joined byMichael Daly Hawkins, and JudgeCarlos Bea concurred in the result.[6]
On March 21, 2017, oral arguments were heard before the Supreme Court, where ProfessorJeffrey L. Fisher appeared for Microsoft andPeter K. Stris appeared for Baker.[7]
On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in favor of Microsoft, voting unanimously to reverse and remand to the lower court. JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion of the Court, joined by JusticesAnthony Kennedy,Stephen Breyer,Sonia Sotomayor, andElena Kagan.[4] JusticeClarence Thomas, joined by Chief JusticeJohn Roberts and JusticeSamuel Alito concurred only in the judgment.[4]
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