Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez

Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez
Argued October 14, 2015
Decided January 20, 2016
Full case nameCampbell-Ewald Company, Petitioner v. Jose Gomez
Docket no.14–857
Citations577 U.S. 153 (more)
136 S. Ct. 663; 193 L. Ed. 2d 571
Case history
PriorOn Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityGinsburg, joined by Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
ConcurrenceThomas (in judgment)
DissentRoberts, joined by Scalia, Alito
DissentAlito
Laws applied
Fed. R. Civ. P. 68

Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 577 U.S. 153 (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified whether a case becomes moot when a party provides a settlement offer that satisfies a named plaintiff's claims in a class action suit and whether a government contractor is entitled to "derivative sovereign immunity".[1]

  1. ^ Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14–857, 577 U.S. 153, slip op. at 1-2 (2016).