RIMINI STREET, INC. v. ORACLE USA, INC.

No. 17-1625.

139 S.Ct. 873 (2019)

RIMINI STREET, INC., et al., Petitioners v. ORACLE USA, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Perry , Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.

Paul D. Clement , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Allon Kedem for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioners.

Blaine H. Evanson , Joseph A. Gorman , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark A. Perry , Jeremy M. Christiansen , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.

William A. Issacson , Karen L. Dunn , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Washington, DC, Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Matthew D. Rowen , Laura Wolk, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, David B. Salmons , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, Dale M. Cendali , Joshua L. Simmons , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Respondents.


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