Legal Opinion

Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 20, 2016No. 14-857PublishedCited by 961 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg

Is an unaccepted offer to satisfy the named plaintiff's individual claim sufficient to render a case moot when the complaint seeks relief on behalf of the plaintiff and a class of persons similarly situated? This question, on which Courts of Appeals have divided, was reserved in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 569 U.S. ----, ----, ----, n. 4, 133 S.Ct. 1523, 1528, 1529, n. 4, 185 L.Ed.2d 636 (2013). We hold today, in accord with Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, that an unaccepted settlement offer has no force. Like other unaccepted contract offers, it creates no lasting…

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2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  4. Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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