<s> /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/corpora/SUPREMECOURTUSV4-3/ptreetagger/Frank.xml-src.tt /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/corpora/SUPREMECOURTUSV4-3/treetagger/Frank.xml-out.tt pos tagset built from model /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par en lemma of the model /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par - [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] We2PPwe 'll3MDwill hear4VVhear argument5NNargument first6RBfirst this7DTthis morning8NNmorning in9INin Case10NPCase 17-96111CD@card@ ,12,, Frank13NPFrank versus14CCversus Gaos15NPGaos ,16,, Individually17RBindividually And18CCand On19INon Behalf20NNbehalf Of21INof All22DTall Others23NNSother Similarly24RBsimilarly Situated25VVNsituate .26SENT. Mr27NPMr .28SENT. Frank29NPFrank .30SENT.

[MR. FRANK]31LOC[MR. FRANK] Thank32VVthank you33PPyou ,34,, Mr35NPMr .36SENT. Chief37NPChief Justice38NPJustice ,39,, and40CCand may41MDmay it42PPit please43VVplease the44DTthe Court45NPCourt :46:: Amchem47NPAmchem instructs48VVZinstruct that49IN/thatthat courts50NNScourt should51MDshould interpret52VVinterpret Rule53NPRule 2354CD@card@ with55INwith the56DTthe interests57NNSinterest of58INof absent59JJabsent class60NNclass members61NNSmember in62INin close63JJclose view64NNview .65SENT. The66DTthe best67JJSgood way68NNway to69TOto interpret70VVinterpret Rule71NPRule 2372CD@card@ 's73POS's text74NNtext requiring75VVGrequire settlements76NNSsettlement be77VBbe fair78JJfair and79CCand reasonable80JJreasonable is81VBZbe to82TOto align83VValign class84NNclass counsel85NNcounsel 's86POS's interests87NNSinterest with88INwith those89DTthose of90INof the91DTthe absent92JJabsent class93NNclass members94NNSmember .95SENT. In96INin Deposit97NPDeposit Guaranty98NPGuaranty versus99CCversus Roper100NPRoper at101INat page102NNpage 339103CD@card@ ,104,, this105DTthis Court106NPCourt called107VVDcall it108PPit an109DTan abuse110NNabuse when111WRBwhen class112NNclass members113NNSmember were114VBDbe not115RBnot the116DTthe primary117JJprimary beneficiaries118NNSbeneficiary of119INof a120DTa class121NNclass action122NNaction .123SENT. How124WRBHow can125MDcan it126PPit be127VBbe fair128JJfair and129CCand reasonable130JJreasonable for131INfor a132DTa court133NNcourt to134TOto endorse135VVendorse such136PDTsuch an137DTan abuse138NNabuse ?139SENT? [JUSTICE GINSBURG]140LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Why141WRBwhy is142VBZbe it143PPit an144DTan abuse145NNabuse ?146SENT? Because147RBbecause ,148,, practically149RBpractically ,150,, the151DTthe class152NNclass members153NNSmember would154MDwould get155VVget nothing156NNnothing ,157,, nothing158NNnothing at159INat all160DTall ,161,, and162CCand ,163,, here164RBhere ,165,, at166INat least167JJSleast they168PPthey get169VVPget an170DTan indirect171JJindirect benefit172NNbenefit .173SENT. [MR. FRANK]174LOC[MR. FRANK] Well175UHWell ,176,, the177DTthe indirect178JJindirect benefit179NNbenefit is180VBZbe even181RBeven less182JJRless than183INthan nothing184NNnothing .185SENT. The186DTthe ...187:... it188PPit was189VBDbe feasible190JJfeasible to191TOto distribute192VVdistribute money193NNmoney to194TOto class195NNclass members196NNSmember .197SENT. And198CCand ,199,, instead200RBinstead ,201,, class202NNclass counsel203NNcounsel chose204VVDchoose to205TOto agree206VVagree to207TOto a208DTa settlement209NNsettlement that210WDTthat directed211VVDdirect that212DTthat money213NNmoney elsewhere214RBelsewhere .215SENT. [JUSTICE GINSBURG]216LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] How217WRBHow much218RBmuch would219MDwould it220PPit have221VHPhave come222VVNcome to223TOto for224INfor each225DTeach class226NNclass member227NNmember ?228SENT? [MR. FRANK]229LOC[MR. FRANK] Each230DTeach claiming231VVGclaim class232NNclass member233NNmember probably234RBprobably could235MDcould have236VHhave gotten237VVNget between238INbetween five239CDfive and240CCand 10241CD@card@ dollars242NNSdollar with243INwith typical244JJtypical claims245NNSclaim rates246NNSrate if247INif ...248:... for249INfor example250NNexample ,251,, in252INin the253DTthe Fraley254NPFraley versus255CCversus Facebook256NPFacebook settlement257NNsettlement ,258,, the259DTthe court260NNcourt rejected261VVDreject an262DTan all263RBall cy264NNcy pres265NNSpres settlement266NNsettlement ...267:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]268LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Sorry269RBsorry .270SENT. There271EXthere 's272VBZbe an273DTan amicus274NNamicus brief275NNbrief that276WDTthat talked277VVDtalk ...278:... who279WPwho laid280VVDlay out281RPout pretty282RBpretty thoroughly283RBthoroughly the284DTthe costs285NNScost associated286VVNassociate with287INwith ,288,, first289RBfirst ,290,, identifying291VVGidentify the292DTthe class293NNclass ;294:; second295JJsecond ,296,, preparing297VVGprepare the298DTthe mailing299NNmailing ;300:; third301JJthird ,302,, executing303VVGexecute the304DTthe mailing305NNmailing ;306:; and307CCand then308RBthen processing309VVGprocess the310DTthe claims311NNSclaim that312WDTthat came313VVDcome up314RPup with315INwith a316DTa figure317NNfigure of318INof 67319CD@card@ cents320NNScent .321SENT. Now322RBnow ,323,, putting324VVGput aside325RBaside that326IN/thatthat there327EXthere may328MDmay be329VBbe a330DTa question331NNquestion about332RBabout whether333INwhether the334DTthe trial335NNtrial court336NNcourt adequately337RBadequately determined338VVNdetermine feasibility339NNfeasibility ,340,, but341CCbut assuming342VVGassume it343PPit did344VVDdo ,345,, why346WRBwhy would347MDwould it348PPit have349VHhave been350VBNbe an351DTan abuse352NNabuse of353INof discretion354NNdiscretion for355INfor the356DTthe court357NNcourt to358TOto believe359VVbelieve that360DTthat processing361NNprocessing 67362CD@card@ cents363NNScent did364VVDdo n't365RBn't make366VVmake sense367NNsense because368INbecause the369DTthe cost370NNcost would371MDwould outweigh372VVoutweigh what373WPwhat they374PPthey would375MDwould pay376VVpay ?377SENT? [MR. FRANK]378LOC[MR. FRANK] Well379UHWell ,380,, the381DTthe district382NNdistrict court383NNcourt applied384VVDapply the385DTthe wrong386JJwrong legal387JJlegal standard388NNstandard ,389,, but390CCbut ...391:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]392LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] No393UHNo ,394,, no395UHno .396SENT. I397PPI know398VVPknow your399PP$your standard400NNstandard for401INfor feasibility402NNfeasibility ...403:... [MR. FRANK]404LOC[MR. FRANK] Right405NPRight ,406,, right407RBright .408SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]409LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...410:... is411VBZbe can412MDcan we413PPwe give414VVPgive percent415NNpercent of416INof the417DTthe class418NNclass something419NNsomething even420RBeven if421INif nobody422NNnobody else423RBelse gets424VVZget anything425NNanything ,426,, meaning427VVGmean what428WPwhat you429PPyou would430MDwould like431VVlike to432TOto do433VVdo is434VBZbe select435VVselect 10436CD@card@ percent437NNpercent of438INof the439DTthe class440NNclass and441CCand pay442VVpay them443PPthem alone444RBalone and445CCand do446VVdo nothing447NNnothing for448INfor everybody449NNeverybody else450RBelse .451SENT. [MR. FRANK]452LOC[MR. FRANK] Well453UHWell ,454,, no455UHno .456SENT. We457PPwe would458MDwould like459VVlike to460TOto give461VVgive everybody462NNeverybody in463INin the464DTthe class465NNclass the466DTthe opportunity467NNopportunity to468TOto make469VVmake a470DTa claim471NNclaim .472SENT. And473CCand in474INin practice475NNpractice ,476,, a477DTa very478RBvery small479JJsmall minority480NNminority of481INof the482DTthe class483NNclass would484MDwould not485RBnot be486VBbe indifferent487JJindifferent to488TOto the489DTthe opportunity490NNopportunity ,491,, and492CCand typically493RBtypically ...494:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]495LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Everybody496NNEverybody else497RBelse would498MDwould receive499VVreceive not500RBnot even501RBeven an502DTan indirect503JJindirect benefit504NNbenefit ?505SENT? [MR. FRANK]506LOC[MR. FRANK] No507NPNo ,508,, they509PPthey would510MDwould receive511VVreceive the512DTthe opportunity513NNopportunity to514TOto make515VVmake a516DTa claim517NNclaim ...518:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]519LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] They520PPthey always521RBalways have522VHPhave that523DTthat opportunity524NNopportunity .525SENT. [MR. FRANK]526LOC[MR. FRANK] They527PPthey do528VVPdo n't529RBn't have530VHhave that531DTthat opportunity532NNopportunity here533RBhere as534INas a535DTa class536NNclass member537NNmember .538SENT. Class539NNclass members540NNSmember were541VBDbe deprived542VVNdeprive of543INof that544DTthat opportunity545NNopportunity .546SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]547LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] They548PPthey could549MDcould opt550VVopt out551RPout .552SENT. [MR. FRANK]553LOC[MR. FRANK] They554PPthey could555MDcould opt556VVopt out557RPout in558INin Amchem559NPAmchem also560RBalso ,561,, but562CCbut that563WDTthat did564VVDdo n't565RBn't make566VVmake the567DTthe settlement568NNsettlement fair569NNfair .570SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]571LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] But572CCbut I573PPI go574VVPgo back575RBback to576TOto my577PP$my point578NNpoint ,579,, which580WDTwhich is581VBZbe are582VBPbe you583PPyou disputing584VVGdispute the585DTthe finding586NNfinding of587INof fact588NNfact that589IN/thatthat under590INunder the591DTthe normal592JJnormal application593NNapplication of594INof feasibility595NNfeasibility ,596,, whether597INwhether cost598NNcost outweighs599VVZoutweigh the600DTthe payment601NNpayment or602CCor cost603NNcost far604RBfar exceeds605VVZexceed whatever606WDTwhatever could607MDcould be608VBbe given609VVNgive out610RPout ,611,, is612VBZbe that613DTthat ...614:... are615VBPbe you616PPyou disputing617VVGdispute that618DTthat ?619SENT? [MR. FRANK]620LOC[MR. FRANK] The621DTthe court622NNcourt never623RBnever made624VVDmake that625IN/thatthat finding626VVGfind .627SENT. The628DTthe court629NNcourt applied630VVDapply the631DTthe Ninth632JJninth Circu633NPCircu it634PPit 's635VBZbe de636NPde minimis637NPminimis test638NNtest under639INunder Lane640NPLane versus641CCversus Facebook642NPFacebook ,643,, which644WDTwhich required645VVDrequire it646PPit to647TOto divide648VVdivide by649INby the650DTthe entire651JJentire denominator652NNdenominator the653DTthe entire654JJentire class655NNclass .656SENT. In657INin reality658NNreality ,659,, settlements660NNSsettlement settle661VVPsettle all662PDTall the663DTthe time664NNtime for665INfor well666RBwell under667INunder a668DTa dollar669NNdollar per670INper class671NNclass member672NNmember and673CCand then674RBthen successfully675RBsuccessfully distribute676VVdistribute that677DTthat money678NNmoney to679TOto the680DTthe class681NNclass because682INbecause most683JJSmost class684NNclass members685NNSmember are686VBPbe just687RBjust simply688RBsimply indifferent689JJindifferent to690TOto the691DTthe opportunity692NNopportunity for693INfor these694DTthese small695JJsmall sums696NNSsum .697SENT. [JUSTICE GINSBURG]698LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] And699CCand then700RBthen is701VBZbe it702PPit all703DTall right704NNright to705TOto have706VHhave some707DTsome kind708NNkind of709INof a710DTa cy711NNcy pres712NNSpres doctrine713NNdoctrine operate714VVPoperate ?715SENT? [MR. FRANK]716LOC[MR. FRANK] I717PPI ...718:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]719LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Because720INbecause if721INif ...722:... would723MDwould ...724:... with725INwith ...726:... for727INfor all728PDTall the729DTthe class730NNclass members731NNSmember who732WPwho do733VVPdo n't734RBn't make735VVmake any736DTany claim737NNclaim ?738SENT? [MR. FRANK]739LOC[MR. FRANK] I740PPI ...741:... I742PPI ...743:... I744PPI ...745:... I746PPI ...747:... I748PPI do749VVPdo n't750RBn't understand751VVunderstand the752DTthe question753NNquestion ,754,, Justice755NPJustice .756SENT. I757PPI ...758:... I759PPI apologize760VVPapologize .761SENT. What762WPWhat ...763:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]764LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Suppose765VVsuppose the766DTthe class767NNclass members768NNSmember are769VBPbe notified770VVNnotify and771CCand only772RBonly 10773CD@card@ percent774NNpercent of775INof them776PPthem make777VVPmake a778DTa claim779NNclaim .780SENT. What781WPWhat happens782VVZhappen to783TOto the784DTthe rest785NNrest of786INof the787DTthe amount788NNamount that789WDTthat was790VBDbe agreed791VVNagree upon792RPupon as793INas a794DTa settlement795NNsettlement ?796SENT? [MR. FRANK]797LOC[MR. FRANK] I798PPI ...799:... first800RBfirst of801INof all802DTall ,803,, in804INin practice805NNpractice ,806,, I807PPI just808RBjust want809VVPwant to810TOto let811VVlet the812DTthe Court813NPCourt know814VVPknow that815IN/thatthat 10816CD@card@ percent817NNpercent is818VBZbe an819DTan extraordinarily820RBextraordinarily high821JJhigh claim822NNclaim rate823NNrate .824SENT. The825DTthe claims826NNSclaim rate827NNrate is828VBZbe typically829RBtypically below830INbelow one831CDone percent832NNpercent .833SENT. But834CCbut ...835:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]836LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] And837CCand then838RBthen the839DTthe percent840NNpercent .841SENT. [MR. FRANK]842LOC[MR. FRANK] Absolutely843RBabsolutely .844SENT. In845INin the846DTthe typical847JJtypical settlement848NNsettlement ,849,, it850PPit 's851VBZbe a852DTa pro853JJpro rata854NNrata distribution855NNdistribution .856SENT. You857PPyou have858VHPhave a859DTa fund860NNfund of861INof a862DTa few863JJfew million864CDmillion dollars865NNSdollar .866SENT. That867DTthat 's868VBZbe tens869NNSten of870INof millions871NNSmillion of872INof class873NNclass members874NNSmember have875VHPhave the876DTthe opportunity877NNopportunity to878TOto make879VVmake a880DTa claim881NNclaim .882SENT. A883DTa very884RBvery small885JJsmall percentage886NNpercentage make887VVmake the888DTthe claim889NNclaim .890SENT. And891CCand the892DTthe fund893NNfund is894VBZbe distributed895VVNdistribute pro896JJpro rata897NNrata to898TOto them899PPthem .900SENT. That901DTthat 's902VBZbe what903WPwhat happens904VVZhappen in905INin Fraley906NPFraley ,907,, where908WRBwhere the909DTthe number910NNnumber of911INof class912NNclass members913NNSmember making914VVGmake claims915NNSclaim was916VBDbe so917RBso small918JJsmall they919PPthey still920RBstill had921VHDhave money922NNmoney left923VVDleave over924RPover even925RBeven after926INafter giving927VVGgive every928DTevery claiming929VVGclaim class930NNclass member931NNmember $932$$ 15933CD@card@ ,934,, even935RBeven though936INthough we937PPwe were938VBDbe talking939VVGtalk $940$$ 9941CD9 million942CDmillion for943INfor 150944CD@card@ million945CDmillion class946NNclass members947NNSmember .948SENT. That949DTthat 's950VBZbe six951CDsix cents952NNScent per953INper class954NNclass member955NNmember .956SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]957LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] What958WDTwhat ...959:... what960WPwhat do961VVPdo they962PPthey do963VVPdo ?964SENT? Do965VVdo they966PPthey wait967VVwait until968INuntil ...969:... a970DTa reasonable971JJreasonable period972NNperiod and973CCand figure974VVPfigure that975IN/thatthat most976JJSmost of977INof the978DTthe claims979NNSclaim are980VBPbe in981INin and982CCand then983RBthen divide984VVPdivide it985PPit up986RBup or987CCor ...988:... [MR. FRANK]989LOC[MR. FRANK] The990DTthe settlement991NNsettlement procedures992NNSprocedure will993MDwill establish994VVestablish 90995CD@card@ days996NNSday or997CCor 60998CD@card@ days999NNSday or1000CCor 1201001CD@card@ days1002NNSday to1003TOto make1004VVmake a1005DTa claim1006NNclaim .1007SENT. The1008DTthe claims1009NNSclaim come1010VVPcome in1011INin either1012RBeither electronically1013RBelectronically or1014CCor through1015INthrough paper1016NNpaper ,1017,, depending1018VVGdepend on1019INon how1020WRBhow the1021DTthe claims1022NNSclaim process1023NNprocess is1024VBZbe set1025VVNset up1026RPup .1027SENT. And1028CCand sometimes1029RBsometimes there1030EXthere 's1031VBZbe an1032DTan audit1033NNaudit for1034INfor ...1035:... to1036TOto make1037VVmake sure1038JJsure there1039EXthere are1040VBPbe n't1041RBn't fraudulent1042JJfraudulent claims1043NNSclaim .1044SENT. That1045DTthat 's1046VBZbe what1047WPwhat happened1048VVDhappen in1049INin Carrier1050NPCarrier IQ1051NPIQ ,1052,, where1053WRBwhere ,1054,, again1055RBagain ,1056,, even1057RBeven though1058INthough we1059PPwe were1060VBDbe talking1061VVGtalk pennies1062NNSpenny per1063INper class1064NNclass member1065NNmember ,1066,, it1067PPit only1068RBonly cost1069VVDcost them1070PPthem $1071$$ 600,0001072CD@card@ to1073TOto distribute1074VVdistribute a1075DTa few1076JJfew million1077CDmillion dollars1078NNSdollar to1079TOto 301080CD@card@ million1081CDmillion class1082NNclass members1083NNSmember and1084CCand still1085RBstill audit1086VVaudit the1087DTthe claims1088NNSclaim and1089CCand reject1090VVreject 301091CD@card@ percent1092NNpercent of1093INof the1094DTthe claims1095NNSclaim .1096SENT. So1097RBso ...1098:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1099LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I1100PPI 'm1101VBPbe sorry1102JJsorry ,1103,, I1104PPI ...1105:... I1106PPI 'm1107VBPbe talking1108VVGtalk ...1109:... this1110DTthis is1111VBZbe a1112DTa full1113JJfull cy1114NNcy pres1115NNSpres award1116NNaward ,1117,, meaning1118VVGmean there1119EXthere 's1120VBZbe no1121DTno direct1122JJdirect benefit1123NNbenefit to1124TOto the1125DTthe class1126NNclass .1127SENT. What1128WPWhat about1129INabout the1130DTthe residual1131JJresidual cy1132NNcy pres1133NNSpres ?1134SENT? I1135PPI thought1136VVDthink in1137INin many1138JJmany instances1139NNSinstance ,1140,, if1141INif a1142DTa fund1143NNfund is1144VBZbe created1145VVNcreate and1146CCand the1147DTthe claimants1148NNSclaimant are1149VBPbe all1150RBall paid1151VVNpay off1152RPoff ,1153,, there1154EXthere 's1155VBZbe some1156DTsome money1157NNmoney left1158VVDleave over1159RPover ,1160,, the1161DTthe residual1162JJresidual cy1163NNcy pres1164NNSpres ,1165,, and1166CCand that1167WDTthat 's1168VBZbe given1169VVNgive indirectly1170RBindirectly often1171RBoften ,1172,, and1173CCand ...1174:... [MR. FRANK]1175LOC[MR. FRANK] Circuits1176NNScircuit differ1177VVPdiffer on1178INon that1179DTthat .1180SENT. The1181DTthe Seventh1182NPSeventh rejects1183VVZreject that1184IN/thatthat proposal1185NNproposal because1186INbecause they1187PPthey recognize1188VVPrecognize that1189IN/thatthat the1190DTthe settling1191VVGsettle parties1192NNSparty have1193VHPhave the1194DTthe ability1195NNability to1196TOto adjust1197VVadjust the1198DTthe claims1199NNSclaim rate1200NNrate by1201INby ...1202:... depending1203VVGdepend on1204INon how1205WRBhow difficult1206JJdifficult they1207PPthey make1208VVPmake the1209DTthe claims1210NNSclaim process1211NNprocess .1212SENT. So1213RBso ,1214,, in1215INin a1216DTa Seventh1217NPSeventh Circuit1218NPCircuit case1219NNcase ,1220,, there1221EXthere is1222VBZbe a1223DTa $1224$$ 11225CD1 .1226SENT. 11227CD1 million1228CDmillion residual1229JJresidual and1230CCand 121231CD@card@ million1232CDmillion class1233NNclass members1234NNSmember ,1235,, though1236INthough that1237WDTthat was1238VBDbe eight1239CDeight cents1240NNScent per1241INper class1242NNclass member1243NNmember .1244SENT. The1245DTthe court1246NNcourt rejected1247VVDreject the1248DTthe idea1249NNidea that1250IN/thatthat that1251DTthat was1252VBDbe a1253DTa benefit1254NNbenefit to1255TOto the1256DTthe class1257NNclass and1258CCand said1259VVDsay you1260PPyou 've1261VHPhave made1262VVNmake the1263DTthe claims1264NNSclaim process1265VVPprocess too1266RBtoo hard1267RBhard and1268CCand required1269VVDrequire them1270PPthem to1271TOto redo1272VVredo the1273DTthe settlement1274NNsettlement on1275INon remand1276NNremand .1277SENT. Millions1278NNSmillion more1279JJRmore dollars1280NNSdollar went1281VVDgo to1282TOto the1283DTthe class1284NNclass because1285INbecause they1286PPthey changed1287VVDchange the1288DTthe ...1289:... the1290DTthe claims1291NNSclaim process1292NNprocess and1293CCand made1294VVDmake it1295PPit easier1296JJReasy for1297INfor class1298NNclass members1299NNSmember to1300TOto make1301VVmake claims1302NNSclaim .1303SENT. So1304RBso ,1305,, if1306INif you1307PPyou have1308VHPhave a1309DTa residual1310JJresidual and1311CCand you1312PPyou incentivize1313VVPincentivize the1314DTthe attorneys1315NNSattorney to1316TOto prefer1317VVprefer the1318DTthe residual1319NNresidual to1320TOto the1321DTthe actual1322JJactual claims1323NNSclaim ,1324,, what1325WPwhat will1326MDwill happen1327VVhappen is1328VBZbe you1329PPyou 'll1330MDwill have1331VHhave a1332DTa very1333RBvery difficult1334JJdifficult claims1335NNSclaim process1336NNprocess .1337SENT. There1338EXthere is1339VBZbe a1340DTa Third1341JJthird Circuit1342NPCircuit case1343NNcase ,1344,, a1345DTa $1346$$ 351347CD@card@ million1348CDmillion fund1349NNfund ,1350,, and1351CCand ...1352:... but1353CCbut you1354PPyou had1355VHDhave to1356TOto fill1357VVfill out1358RPout a1359DTa five-page1360NNfive-page claim1361NNclaim form1362NNform to1363TOto claim1364VVclaim your1365PP$your five1366CDfive dollars1367NNSdollar .1368SENT. And1369CCand so1370RBso very1371RBvery few1372JJfew class1373NNclass members1374NNSmember did1375VVDdo that1376RBthat .1377SENT. They1378PPthey were1379VBDbe only1380RBonly going1381VVGgo to1382TOto distribute1383VVdistribute $1384$$ 31385CD3 million1386CDmillion with1387INwith over1388INover 151389CD@card@ million1390CDmillion to1391TOto cy1392NNcy pres1393NNSpres .1394SENT. And1395CCand the1396DTthe Third1397NPThird Circuit1398NPCircuit rejected1399VVDreject that1400IN/thatthat ,1401,, that1402WDTthat the1403DTthe district1404NNdistrict court1405NNcourt failed1406VVDfail to1407TOto prioritize1408VVprioritize direct1409JJdirect benefit1410NNbenefit to1411TOto the1412DTthe class1413NNclass .1414SENT. And1415CCand it1416PPit just1417RBjust ...1418:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1419LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Assuming1420VVGassume all1421DTall of1422INof that1423DTthat ,1424,, let1425VVlet 's1426VBZbe assume1427VVassume a1428DTa very1429RBvery efficient1430JJefficient claim1431NNclaim process1432NNprocess ,1433,, let1434VVlet 's1435VBZbe assume1436VVassume a1437DTa ...1438:... a1439DTa careful1440JJcareful feasibility1441NNfeasibility study1442NNstudy by1443INby the1444DTthe district1445NNdistrict court1446NNcourt .1447SENT. Are1448VBPbe you1449PPyou still1450RBstill ...1451:... you1452PPyou 're1453VBPbe still1454RBstill taking1455VVGtake the1456DTthe position1457NNposition that1458IN/thatthat if1459INif there1460EXthere 's1461VBZbe a1462DTa residual1463NNresidual for1464INfor any1465DTany reason1466NNreason that1467WDTthat 's1468VBZbe legitimate1469JJlegitimate ,1470,, there1471EXthere 's1472VHZhave been1473VBNbe an1474DTan easy1475JJeasy claims1476NNSclaim process1477NNprocess ,1478,, there1479EXthere 's1480VHZhave been1481VBNbe a1482DTa simple1483JJsimple distribution1484NNdistribution ,1485,, whatever1486WDTwhatever ,1487,, you1488PPyou 're1489VBPbe still1490RBstill saying1491VVGsay that1492IN/thatthat an1493DTan indirect1494JJindirect benefit1495NNbenefit ,1496,, a1497DTa partial1498JJpartial cy1499NNcy pres1500NNSpres ,1501,, is1502VBZbe not1503RBnot okay1504JJokay ?1505SENT? [MR. FRANK]1506LOC[MR. FRANK] I1507PPI 'm1508VBPbe saying1509VVGsay that1510IN/thatthat you1511PPyou can1512MDcan 't1513RB't reward1514NNreward class1515NNclass counsel1516NNcounsel for1517INfor it1518PPit .1519SENT. You1520PPyou have1521VHPhave to1522TOto incentivize1523VVincentivize them1524PPthem to1525TOto prioritize1526VVprioritize the1527DTthe direct1528JJdirect benefit1529NNbenefit to1530TOto the1531DTthe class1532NNclass .1533SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1534LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] So1535INso your1536PP$your position1537NNposition is1538VBZbe that1539IN/thatthat cy1540NNcy pres1541NNSpres is1542VBZbe okay1543JJokay ,1544,, but1545CCbut we1546PPwe should1547MDshould write1548VVwrite legislation1549NNlegislation in1550INin our1551PP$our opinion1552NNopinion saying1553VVGsay that1554IN/thatthat we1555PPwe can1556MDcan 't1557RB't pay1558NNpay class1559NNclass counsel1560NNcounsel for1561INfor that1562DTthat .1563SENT. Have1564VHPhave you1565PPyou read1566VVPread the1567DTthe Third1568NPThird Circuit1569NPCircuit opinion1570NNopinion that1571IN/thatthat talks1572NNStalk about1573INabout this1574DTthis and1575CCand says1576VVZsay there1577EXthere 's1578VBZbe a1579DTa lot1580NNlot to1581TOto balance1582VVbalance in1583INin this1584DTthis issue1585NNissue ,1586,, and1587CCand are1588VBPbe the1589DTthe courts1590NNScourt the1591DTthe appropriate1592JJappropriate one1593CDone or1594CCor is1595VBZbe Congress1596NPCongress the1597DTthe appropriate1598JJappropriate one1599CDone ?1600SENT? [MR. FRANK]1601LOC[MR. FRANK] Well1602UHWell ...1603:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1604LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Or1605CCor is1606VBZbe the1607DTthe individual1608JJindividual district1609NNdistrict court1610NNcourt 's1611POS's discretion1612NNdiscretion appropriate1613JJappropriate until1614INuntil the1615DTthe Congress1616NPCongress looks1617VVZlook at1618INat this1619DTthis and1620CCand decides1621VVZdecide ?1622SENT? [MR. FRANK]1623LOC[MR. FRANK] I1624PPI think1625VVPthink Rule1626NPRule 231627CD@card@ (1628(( e1629LSe )1630)) means1631VVZmean something1632NNsomething .1633SENT. And1634CCand this1635DTthis Court1636NPCourt has1637VHZhave previously1638RBpreviously called1639VVNcall disproportionate1640JJdisproportionate benefits1641NNSbenefit an1642DTan abuse1643NNabuse .1644SENT. And1645CCand it1646PPit 's1647VBZbe ...1648:... it1649PPit 's1650VBZbe very1651RBvery clear1652JJclear that1653IN/thatthat Rule1654NPRule 231655CD@card@ ...1656:... not1657RBnot ...1658:... not1659RBnot ...1660:... it1661PPit 's1662VBZbe not1663RBnot the1664DTthe case1665NNcase that1666IN/thatthat everything1667NNeverything goes1668VVZgo under1669INunder Rule1670NPRule 231671CD@card@ (1672(( e1673NNe )1674)) ,1675,, so1676RBso long1677RBlong as1678INas a1679DTa district1680NNdistrict court1681NNcourt rubber1682NNrubber stamps1683VVZstamp it1684PPit .1685SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]1686LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] In1687INin a1688DTa case1689NNcase such1690JJsuch as1691INas this1692DTthis ,1693,, is1694VBZbe any1695DTany effort1696NNeffort made1697VVNmake ...1698:... and1699CCand would1700MDwould it1701PPit even1702RBeven be1703VBbe possible1704JJpossible ...1705:... to1706TOto determine1707VVdetermine whether1708INwhether every1709DTevery absent1710JJabsent class1711NNclass member1712NNmember or1713CCor even1714RBeven most1715JJSmost of1716INof the1717DTthe absent1718JJabsent class1719NNclass members1720NNSmember regard1721VVPregard the1722DTthe beneficiaries1723NNSbeneficiary of1724INof the1725DTthe cy1726NNcy pres1727NNSpres award1728NNaward as1729INas entities1730NNSentity to1731TOto which1732WDTwhich they1733PPthey would1734MDwould like1735VVlike to1736TOto make1737VVmake a1738DTa contribution1739NNcontribution ?1740SENT? [MR. FRANK]1741LOC[MR. FRANK] It1742PPit 's1743VBZbe very1744RBvery possible1745JJpossible to1746TOto establish1747VVestablish a1748DTa claims1749NNSclaim process1750NNprocess where1751WRBwhere somebody1752NNsomebody checks1753VVZcheck a1754DTa box1755NNbox and1756CCand said1757VVDsay ,1758,, instead1759RBinstead of1760INof sending1761VVGsend me1762PPme a1763DTa check1764NNcheck for1765INfor six1766CDsix dollars1767NNSdollar ,1768,, send1769VVsend it1770PPit to1771TOto the1772DTthe American1773NPAmerican Cancer1774NPCancer Society1775NPSociety .1776SENT. Nobody1777NNnobody does1778VVZdo that1779IN/thatthat ,1780,, or1781CCor at1782INat least1783JJSleast we1784PPwe ...1785:... we1786PPwe have1787VHPhave n't1788RBn't seen1789VVNsee settlements1790NNSsettlement that1791WDTthat do1792VVPdo that1793DTthat .1794SENT. And1795CCand the1796DTthe reality1797NNreality is1798VBZbe ,1799,, if1800INif class1801NNclass members1802NNSmember want1803VVPwant to1804TOto send1805VVsend their1806PP$their money1807NNmoney to1808TOto charity1809NNcharity ,1810,, they1811PPthey can1812MDcan do1813VVdo it1814PPit without1815INwithout the1816DTthe intermediary1817NNintermediary of1818INof class1819NNclass counsel1820NNcounsel .1821SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]1822LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] So1823INso who1824WPwho decides1825VVZdecide who1826WPwho these1827DTthese beneficiaries1828NNSbeneficiary are1829VBPbe going1830VVGgo to1831TOto be1832VBbe ?1833SENT? [MR. FRANK]1834LOC[MR. FRANK] It1835PPit varies1836VVZvary from1837INfrom settlement1838NNsettlement to1839TOto settlement1840NNsettlement .1841SENT. In1842INin this1843DTthis case1844NNcase ,1845,, class1846NNclass counsel1847NNcounsel and1848CCand Google1849NPGoogle negotiated1850VVDnegotiate and1851CCand agreed1852VVDagree to1853TOto a1854DTa set1855NNset of1856INof six1857CDsix beneficiaries1858NNSbeneficiary .1859SENT. That1860DTthat process1861NNprocess was1862VBDbe opaque1863JJopaque ,1864,, and1865CCand we1866PPwe do1867VVPdo n't1868RBn't understand1869VVunderstand which1870WDTwhich beneficiaries1871NNSbeneficiary did1872VVDdo n't1873RBn't make1874VVmake the1875DTthe cut1876NNcut and1877CCand why1878WRBwhy they1879PPthey did1880VVDdo n't1881RBn't make1882VVmake the1883DTthe cut1884NNcut ,1885,, but1886CCbut they1887PPthey ...1888:... they1889PPthey chose1890VVDchoose these1891DTthese particular1892JJparticular beneficiaries1893NNSbeneficiary .1894SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]1895LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] So1896INso the1897DTthe parties1898NNSparty and1899CCand the1900DTthe lawyers1901NNSlawyer get1902VVPget together1903RBtogether and1904CCand they1905PPthey choose1906VVPchoose beneficiaries1907NNSbeneficiary that1908IN/thatthat they1909PPthey personally1910RBpersonally would1911MDwould like1912VVlike to1913TOto subsidize1914VVsubsidize ?1915SENT? That1916DTthat 's1917VBZbe how1918WRBhow it1919PPit works1920VVZwork ?1921SENT? [MR. FRANK]1922LOC[MR. FRANK] That1923DTthat 's1924VBZbe usually1925RBusually how1926WRBhow it1927PPit works1928VVZwork .1929SENT. We1930PPwe 've1931VHPhave had1932VHDhave ...1933:... I1934PPI 've1935VHPhave seen1936VVNsee settlements1937NNSsettlement where1938WRBwhere the1939DTthe judge1940NNjudge says1941VVZsay I1942PPI do1943VVPdo n't1944RBn't like1945VVlike these1946DTthese beneficiaries1947NNSbeneficiary ,1948,, pick1949VVpick these1950DTthese beneficiaries1951NNSbeneficiary .1952SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1953LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Where1954WRBwhere the1955DTthe judge1956NNjudge has1957VHZhave designated1958VVNdesignate the1959DTthe beneficiaries1960NNSbeneficiary ?1961SENT? [MR. FRANK]1962LOC[MR. FRANK] There1963EXthere are1964VBPbe settlements1965NNSsettlement structured1966VVNstructure where1967WRBwhere the1968DTthe judge1969NNjudge designates1970VVZdesignate the1971DTthe beneficiaries1972NNSbeneficiary .1973SENT. And1974CCand in1975INin another1976DTanother Google1977NPGoogle settlement1978NNsettlement that1979IN/thatthat we1980PPwe discuss1981VVdiscuss in1982INin our1983PP$our opening1984NNopening brief1985NNbrief ,1986,, the1987DTthe parties1988NNSparty designated1989VVDdesignate a1990DTa beneficiary1991NNbeneficiary and1992CCand ...1993:... and1994CCand the1995DTthe court1996NNcourt re-designated1997VVDre-designated the1998DTthe beneficiary1999NNbeneficiary .2000SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]2001LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Mr2002NPMr .2003SENT. Frank2004NPFrank ...2005:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2006LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] We2007PPwe ...2008:... we2009PPwe ...2010:... I2011PPI 'm2012VBPbe sorry2013JJsorry .2014SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]2015LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Sorry2016RBsorry .2017SENT. No2018UHNo ,2019,, go2020VVgo ahead2021RBahead .2022SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2023LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Oh2024UHoh ,2025,, please2026UHplease go2027VVgo ahead2028RBahead .2029SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]2030LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] No2031NPNo .2032SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2033LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Justice2034NPJustice Kagan2035NPKagan .2036SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]2037LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] I2038PPI was2039VBDbe going2040VVGgo to2041TOto change2042VVchange the2043DTthe subject2044NNsubject .2045SENT. [2046SYM[ LAUGHTER2047NNlaughter ]2048SYM] [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2049LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] So2050RBso was2051VBDbe I2052PPI .2053SENT. [2054SYM[ LAUGHTER2055NNlaughter ]2056SYM] [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2057LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Jurisdiction2058NNjurisdiction ?2059SENT? [JUSTICE KAGAN]2060LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Yes2061NPYes .2062SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2063LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Go2064NPGo for2065INfor it2066PPit .2067SENT. [2068SYM[ LAUGHTER2069NNlaughter ]2070SYM] [JUSTICE KAGAN]2071LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] May2072MDmay I2073PPI ask2074VVask you2075PPyou ,2076,, Mr2077NPMr .2078SENT. Frank2079NPFrank ,2080,, to2081TOto ...2082:... to2083TOto ...2084:... to2085TOto address2086VVaddress the2087DTthe standing2088VVGstand issue2089NNissue in2090INin this2091DTthis case2092NNcase ,2093,, to2094TOto ...2095:... to2096TOto talk2097VVtalk about2098RBabout what2099WPwhat you2100PPyou think2101VVPthink the2102DTthe harm2103NNharm was2104VBDbe and2105CCand whether2106INwhether any2107DTany court2108NNcourt has2109VHZhave addressed2110VVNaddress your2111PP$your theories2112NNStheory about2113INabout the2114DTthe harm2115NNharm ?2116SENT? [MR. FRANK]2117LOC[MR. FRANK] Are2118VBPbe you2119PPyou ...2120:... are2121VBPbe you2122PPyou talking2123VVGtalk my2124PP$my harm2125NNharm or2126CCor the2127DTthe harm2128NNharm of2129INof the2130DTthe plaintiffs2131NNSplaintiff ?2132SENT? [JUSTICE KAGAN]2133LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] The2134DTthe harm2135NNharm of2136INof the2137DTthe plaintiffs2138NNSplaintiff .2139SENT. [MR. FRANK]2140LOC[MR. FRANK] The2141DTthe harm2142NNharm of2143INof the2144DTthe plaintiffs2145NNSplaintiff ,2146,, we2147PPwe discuss2148VVPdiscuss that2149IN/thatthat at2150INat pages2151NNSpage 252152CD@card@ and2153CCand 262154CD@card@ of2155INof our2156PP$our reply2157NNreply brief2158NNbrief .2159SENT. And2160CCand one2161CDone of2162INof the2163DTthe named2164VVNname plaintiffs2165NNSplaintiff ,2166,, Anthony2167NPAnthony Italiano2168NPItaliano ,2169,, alleges2170VVZallege a2171DTa statutory2172JJstatutory violation2173NNviolation that2174WDTthat corresponds2175VVZcorrespond to2176TOto the2177DTthe common2178JJcommon law2179NNlaw tort2180NNtort of2181INof public2182JJpublic disclosure2183NNdisclosure of2184INof private2185JJprivate facts2186NNSfact .2187SENT. And2188CCand the2189DTthe lower2190JJRlow courts2191NNScourt are2192VBPbe unanimous2193JJunanimous in2194INin holding2195VVGhold that2196IN/thatthat that2197DTthat kind2198NNkind of2199INof statutory2200JJstatutory claim2201NNclaim satisfies2202NNSsatisfy Spokeo2203NPSpokeo .2204SENT. Even2205RBeven on2206INon remand2207NNremand in2208INin Spokeo2209NPSpokeo ,2210,, the2211DTthe Ninth2212JJninth Circuit2213NNcircuit found2214VVDfind standing2215VVGstand ,2216,, and2217CCand this2218DTthis Court2219NPCourt denied2220VVDdeny cert2221NNcert the2222DTthe second2223JJsecond time2224NNtime up2225RBup .2226SENT. So2227RBso I2228PPI do2229VVPdo n't2230RBn't think2231VVthink there2232EXthere 's2233VBZbe a2234DTa real2235JJreal standing2236NNstanding issue2237NNissue ,2238,, unless2239INunless the2240DTthe Court2241NPCourt is2242VBZbe inclined2243VVNincline to2244TOto expand2245VVexpand Spokeo2246NPSpokeo .2247SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]2248LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] I2249PPI had2250VHDhave thought2251VVNthink ,2252,, Mr2253NPMr .2254SENT. Frank2255NPFrank ,2256,, that2257IN/thatthat the2258DTthe lower2259JJRlow court2260NNcourt thought2261VVDthink that2262IN/thatthat there2263EXthere would2264MDwould be2265VBbe ...2266:... there2267EXthere was2268VBDbe standing2269VVGstand just2270RBjust because2271INbecause it2272PPit was2273VBDbe a2274DTa statutory2275JJstatutory claim2276NNclaim ,2277,, and2278CCand that2279IN/thatthat there2280EXthere was2281VBDbe no2282DTno reason2283NNreason that2284IN/thatthat the2285DTthe plaintiff2286NNplaintiff had2287VHDhave to2288TOto show2289VVshow a2290DTa particularized2291VVNparticularize or2292CCor a2293DTa concrete2294JJconcrete injury2295NNinjury .2296SENT. [MR. FRANK]2297LOC[MR. FRANK] That2298DTthat is2299VBZbe certainly2300RBcertainly the2301DTthe wrong2302JJwrong standard2303NNstandard for2304INfor the2305DTthe district2306NNdistrict court2307NNcourt to2308TOto have2309VHhave applied2310VVNapply ,2311,, with2312INwith later2313RBRlater Supreme2314NPSupreme Court2315NPCourt jurisprudence2316NNjurisprudence indicating2317VVGindicate that2318IN/thatthat ,2319,, but2320CCbut we2321PPwe can2322MDcan determine2323VVdetermine from2324INfrom the2325DTthe face2326NNface of2327INof the2328DTthe complaint2329NNcomplaint that2330IN/thatthat Anthony2331NPAnthony Italiano2332NPItaliano made2333VVDmake an2334DTan allegation2335NNallegation of2336INof concrete2337JJconcrete injury2338NNinjury within2339INwithin the2340DTthe ambit2341NNambit of2342INof what2343WPwhat Justice2344NPJustice Thomas2345NPThomas 's2346POS's concurrence2347NNconcurrence in2348INin Spokeo2349NPSpokeo indicated2350VVDindicate was2351VBDbe acceptable2352JJacceptable and2353CCand what2354WPwhat lower2355JJRlow courts2356NNScourt have2357VHPhave unanimously2358RBunanimously indicated2359VVNindicate that2360IN/thatthat it2361PPit was2362VBDbe ...2363:... was2364VBDbe acceptable2365JJacceptable .2366SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2367LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] I2368PPI was2369VBDbe curious2370JJcurious where2371WRBwhere you2372PPyou were2373VBDbe going2374VVGgo to2375TOto come2376VVcome down2377RPdown before2378INbefore you2379PPyou filed2380VVDfile your2381PP$your brief2382NNbrief ,2383,, because2384RBbecause ,2385,, obviously2386RBobviously ,2387,, if2388INif there2389EXthere 's2390VBZbe no2391DTno standing2392NNstanding ,2393,, the2394DTthe whole2395JJwhole class2396NNclass action2397NNaction 's2398VBZbe thrown2399VVNthrow out2400RPout ,2401,, right2402RBright ?2403SENT? [MR. FRANK]2404LOC[MR. FRANK] That2405DTthat would2406MDwould be2407VBbe correct2408JJcorrect .2409SENT. That2410DTthat would2411MDwould be2412VBbe the2413DTthe right2414JJright thing2415NNthing to2416TOto do2417VVdo under2418INunder Arizonans2419NNSArizonan for2420INfor Proper2421NPProper English2422NPEnglish ,2423,, or2424CCor English2425NPEnglish .2426SENT. That2427DTthat 's2428VBZbe exactly2429RBexactly what2430WPwhat the2431DTthe Court2432NPCourt did2433VVDdo .2434SENT. The2435DTthe Court2436NPCourt found2437VVDfind that2438IN/thatthat the2439DTthe lower2440JJRlow courts2441NNScourt did2442VVDdo not2443RBnot have2444VHhave jurisdiction2445NNjurisdiction and2446CCand vacated2447VVNvacate everything2448NNeverything .2449SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2450LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] You2451PPyou say2452VVPsay ...2453:... to2454TOto follow2455VVfollow up2456RPup with2457INwith Justice2458NPJustice Kagan2459NPKagan ,2460,, who2461WPwho anticipated2462VVDanticipate exactly2463RBexactly where2464WRBwhere I2465PPI wanted2466VVDwant to2467TOto go2468VVgo ...2469:... you2470PPyou say2471VVPsay there2472EXthere 's2473VBZbe an2474DTan allegation2475NNallegation with2476INwith respect2477NNrespect to2478TOto Mr2479NPMr .2480SENT. Italiano2481NPItaliano that2482RBthat ...2483:... that2484IN/thatthat he2485PPhe was2486VBDbe injured2487VVNinjure .2488SENT. But2489CCbut do2490VVPdo we2491PPwe know2492VVPknow that2493IN/thatthat he2494PPhe was2495VBDbe injured2496VVNinjure ?2497SENT? Is2498VBZbe there2499RBthere any2500DTany evidence2501NNevidence that2502IN/thatthat his2503PP$his personal2504JJpersonal information2505NNinformation ,2506,, for2507INfor example2508NNexample ,2509,, was2510VBDbe n't2511RBn't already2512RBalready available2513JJavailable through2514INthrough the2515DTthe white2516JJwhite pages2517NNSpage and2518CCand otherwise2519RBotherwise published2520VVNpublish so2521RBso that2522IN/thatthat there2523EXthere is2524VBZbe no2525DTno injury2526NNinjury in2527INin fact2528NNfact ?2529SENT? [MR. FRANK]2530LOC[MR. FRANK] Well2531UHWell ,2532,, that2533WDTthat goes2534VVZgo to2535TOto the2536DTthe merits2537NNSmerit .2538SENT. If2539INif I2540PPI allege2541VVPallege that2542IN/thatthat my2543PP$my friend2544NNfriend here2545RBhere punched2546VVDpunch me2547PPme in2548INin the2549DTthe head2550NNhead and2551CCand ...2552:... and2553CCand owes2554VVZowe me2555PPme over2556INover $2557$$ 75,0002558CD@card@ and2559CCand we2560PPwe 're2561VBPbe citizens2562NNScitizen of2563INof different2564JJdifferent states2565NNSstate ,2566,, I2567PPI had2568VHDhave a2569DTa claim2570NNclaim for2571INfor standing2572VVGstand even2573RBeven if2574INif that2575DTthat claim2576NNclaim is2577VBZbe completely2578RBcompletely fictional2579JJfictional .2580SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]2581LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Well2582UHWell ,2583,, fair2584JJfair enough2585NNenough at2586INat a2587DTa 122588CD@card@ (2589(( b2590LSb )2591)) (2592(( 62593CD6 )2594)) stage2595NNstage ,2596,, but2597CCbut ,2598,, here2599RBhere ,2600,, we2601PPwe 're2602VBPbe entering2603VVGenter a2604DTa final2605JJfinal judgment2606NNjudgment ,2607,, and2608CCand should2609MDshould we2610PPwe at2611INat least2612JJSleast remand2613NNremand to2614TOto ...2615:... to2616TOto a2617DTa lower2618JJRlow court2619NNcourt to2620TOto make2621VVmake a2622DTa decision2623NNdecision as2624INas to2625TOto whether2626INwhether there2627EXthere is2628VBZbe actually2629RBactually standing2630VVGstand as2631RBas opposed2632VVNoppose to2633TOto a2634DTa mere2635JJmere allegation2636NNallegation of2637INof standing2638NNstanding ?2639SENT? [MR. FRANK]2640LOC[MR. FRANK] I2641PPI do2642VVPdo n't2643RBn't think2644VVthink that2645WDTthat 's2646VBZbe the2647DTthe case2648NNcase .2649SENT. I2650PPI think2651VVPthink the2652DTthe ...2653:... the2654DTthe ...2655:... the2656DTthe allegation2657NNallegation of2658INof concrete2659JJconcrete injury2660NNinjury establishes2661VVZestablish the2662DTthe standing2663NNstanding ,2664,, and2665CCand then2666RBthen the2667DTthe merits2668NNSmerit question2669NNquestion 's2670VBZbe always2671RBalways different2672JJdifferent than2673INthan the2674DTthe jurisdictional2675JJjurisdictional question2676NNquestion .2677SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]2678LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] What2679WPWhat is2680VBZbe the2681DTthe private2682JJprivate ...2683:... I2684PPI mean2685VVPmean ,2686,, what2687WPwhat I2688PPI have2689VHPhave here2690RBhere ,2691,, my2692PP$my law2693NNlaw clerk2694NNclerk looked2695VVDlook it2696PPit up2697RPup ,2698,, is2699VBZbe that2700IN/thatthat the2701DTthe search2702NNsearch that2703IN/thatthat Mr2704NPMr .2705SENT. Italiano2706NPItaliano engaged2707VVDengage in2708INin was2709VBDbe his2710PP$his name2711NNname ,2712,, that2713WDTthat 's2714VBZbe certainly2715RBcertainly public2716JJpublic ,2717,, his2718PP$his home2719NNhome address2720NNaddress ,2721,, I2722PPI imagine2723VVPimagine that2724WDTthat 's2725VBZbe public2726JJpublic ,2727,, name2728NNname in2729INin bankruptcy2730NNbankruptcy ,2731,, his2732PP$his name2733NNname in2734INin foreclosure2735NNforeclosure proceedings2736NNSproceeding ,2737,, his2738PP$his name2739NNname in2740INin short2741JJshort sale2742NNsale proceedings2743NNSproceeding ,2744,, his2745PP$his name2746NNname in2747INin Facebook2748NPFacebook ,2749,, and2750CCand his2751PP$his name2752NNname and2753CCand the2754DTthe name2755NNname of2756INof his2757PP$his then2758RBthen soon-to-be2759JJsoon-to-be ex-wife2760NNex-wife and2761CCand the2762DTthe words2763NNSword "2764``" forensic2765JJforensic accounting2766NNaccounting .2767SENT. "2768''" Now2769RBnow how2770WRBhow ...2771:... go2772VVgo ...2773:... if2774INif that2775DTthat ...2776:... if2777INif those2778DTthose are2779VBPbe all2780RBall the2781DTthe things2782NNSthing that2783IN/thatthat he2784PPhe looked2785VVDlook up2786RPup ,2787,, how2788WRBhow are2789VBPbe the2790DTthe ...2791:... what2792WPwhat concrete2793NNconcrete injury2794NNinjury was2795VBDbe there2796RBthere because2797INbecause somebody2798NNsomebody might2799MDmight discover2800VVdiscover through2801INthrough Google2802NPGoogle that2803IN/thatthat he2804PPhe made2805VVDmake those2806DTthose searches2807NNSsearch ?2808SENT? I2809PPI mean2810VVPmean ,2811,, I2812PPI ...2813:... I2814PPI do2815VVPdo n't2816RBn't quite2817RBquite see2818VVsee how2819WRBhow this2820DTthis is2821VBZbe some2822DTsome kind2823NNkind of2824INof secret2825JJsecret or2826CCor private2827JJprivate or2828CCor ...2829:... information2830NNinformation .2831SENT. And2832CCand I2833PPI do2834VVPdo n't2835RBn't see2836VVsee alleged2837JJalleged anywhere2838RBanywhere how2839WRBhow those2840DTthose things2841NNSthing were2842VBDbe hurt2843VVNhurt .2844SENT. So2845RBso I2846PPI had2847VHDhave a2848DTa hard2849JJhard time2850NNtime distinguishing2851VVGdistinguish this2852DTthis from2853INfrom Spokeo2854NPSpokeo .2855SENT. [MR. FRANK]2856LOC[MR. FRANK] Well2857UHWell ,2858,, the2859DTthe Ninth2860JJninth Circuit2861NNcircuit ...2862:... [JUSTICE BREYER]2863LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] And2864CCand ...2865:... and2866CCand ...2867:... and2868CCand the2869DTthe statute2870NNstatute ...2871:... and2872CCand the2873DTthe judge2874NNjudge ,2875,, by2876INby the2877DTthe way2878NNway ,2879,, did2880VVDdo n't2881RBn't even2882RBeven try2883VVtry .2884SENT. [MR. FRANK]2885LOC[MR. FRANK] I2886PPI agree2887VVPagree .2888SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]2889LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] He2890PPhe just2891RBjust said2892VVDsay that2893IN/thatthat the2894DTthe very2895JJvery fact2896NNfact that2897IN/thatthat the2898DTthe statute2899NNstatute forbids2900VVZforbid it2901PPit is2902VBZbe enough2903JJenough ,2904,, which2905WDTwhich I2906PPI think2907VVPthink is2908VBZbe one2909CDone thing2910NNthing Spokeo2911NPSpokeo says2912VVZsay that2913DTthat 's2914VBZbe wrong2915JJwrong .2916SENT. [MR. FRANK]2917LOC[MR. FRANK] I2918PPI agree2919VVPagree that2920IN/thatthat the2921DTthe judge2922NNjudge did2923VVDdo not2924RBnot apply2925VVapply the2926DTthe Spokeo2927NPSpokeo standard2928NNstandard .2929SENT. And2930CCand if2931INif you2932PPyou think2933VVPthink the2934DTthe Ninth2935JJninth Circuit2936NNcircuit would2937MDwould do2938VVdo something2939NNsomething differently2940RBdifferently here2941RBhere than2942INthan it2943PPit would2944MDwould in2945INin Spokeo2946NPSpokeo or2947CCor has2948VHZhave a2949DTa chance2950NNchance of2951INof doing2952VVGdo something2953NNsomething differently2954RBdifferently here2955RBhere ,2956,, then2957RBthen maybe2958RBmaybe the2959DTthe appropriate2960JJappropriate decision2961NNdecision is2962VBZbe to2963TOto remand2964VVremand and2965CCand let2966VVlet them2967PPthem consider2968VVconsider that2969DTthat .2970SENT. And2971CCand while2972INwhile the2973DTthe case2974NNcase for2975INfor Mr2976NPMr .2977SENT. Italiano2978NPItaliano 's2979POS's injury2980NNinjury may2981MDmay be2982VBbe weak2983JJweak ,2984,, which2985WDTwhich suggests2986VVZsuggest why2987WRBwhy this2988DTthis settled2989VVNsettle for2990INfor such2991PDTsuch an2992DTan infinitesimal2993JJinfinitesimal amount2994NNamount of2995INof the2996DTthe statutory2997JJstatutory damages2998NNSdamage ,2999,, that3000WDTthat does3001VVZdo not3002RBnot change3003VVchange that3004IN/thatthat the3005DTthe allegation3006NNallegation was3007VBDbe made3008VVNmake and3009CCand that3010DTthat ...3011:... [JUSTICE BREYER]3012LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Yes3013NPYes ,3014,, the3015DTthe allegation3016NNallegation is3017VBZbe made3018VVNmake ,3019,, but3020CCbut where3021WRBwhere is3022VBZbe an3023DTan allegation3024NNallegation of3025INof some3026DTsome kind3027NNkind of3028INof injury3029NNinjury that3030WDTthat would3031MDwould actually3032RBactually concretely3033RBconcretely and3034CCand particularly3035RBparticularly hurt3036VVhurt him3037PPhim ?3038SENT? [MR. FRANK]3039LOC[MR. FRANK] Again3040NPAgain ...3041:... [JUSTICE BREYER]3042LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] By3043INby somebody3044NNsomebody looking3045VVGlook up3046RPup on3047INon the3048DTthe ...3049:... at3050INat Google3051NPGoogle and3052CCand discovering3053VVGdiscover he3054PPhe made3055VVDmake those3056DTthose searches3057NNSsearch ?3058SENT? [MR. FRANK]3059LOC[MR. FRANK] Even3060RBeven under3061INunder the3062DTthe common3063JJcommon law3064NNlaw ,3065,, the3066DTthe public3067JJpublic disclosure3068NNdisclosure of3069INof private3070JJprivate facts3071NNSfact ...3072:... [JUSTICE BREYER]3073LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] And3074CCand which3075WDTwhich are3076VBPbe the3077DTthe private3078JJprivate facts3079NNSfact ?3080SENT? [MR. FRANK]3081LOC[MR. FRANK] The3082DTthe private3083JJprivate facts3084NNSfact regarding3085VVGregard the3086DTthe dissolution3087NNdissolution of3088INof his3089PP$his marriage3090NNmarriage and3091CCand ...3092:... and3093CCand ...3094:... and3095CCand things3096NNSthing of3097INof that3098DTthat nature3099NNnature .3100SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]3101LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Well3102UHWell ,3103,, again3104RBagain ,3105,, though3106RBthough ,3107,, I3108PPI think3109VVPthink this3110DTthis gets3111VVZget ...3112:... we3113PPwe 're3114VBPbe stuck3115VVNstick in3116INin the3117DTthe same3118JJsame place3119NNplace ,3120,, I3121PPI think3122VVPthink ,3123,, which3124WDTwhich is3125VBZbe that3126IN/thatthat you3127PPyou have3128VHPhave to3129TOto assume3130VVassume that3131IN/thatthat that3132DTthat information3133NNinformation is3134VBZbe n't3135RBn't otherwise3136RBotherwise available3137JJavailable .3138SENT. At3139INat least3140JJSleast in3141INin a3142DTa ...3143:... fine3144RBfine ,3145,, you3146PPyou do3147VVPdo n't3148RBn't want3149VVwant to3150TOto prove3151VVprove it3152PPit ,3153,, an3154DTan allegation3155NNallegation of3156INof it3157PPit ,3158,, there3159EXthere 's3160VBZbe no3161DTno allegation3162NNallegation that3163IN/thatthat that3164DTthat information3165NNinformation was3166VBDbe n't3167RBn't otherwise3168RBotherwise available3169JJavailable .3170SENT. So3171RBso what3172WPwhat do3173VVPdo we3174PPwe do3175VVPdo about3176RBabout that3177RBthat ?3178SENT? I3179PPI think3180VVPthink that3181DTthat 's3182VBZbe the3183DTthe part3184NNpart where3185WRBwhere ...3186:... that3187IN/thatthat we3188PPwe 're3189VBPbe struggling3190VVGstruggle with3191INwith here3192RBhere .3193SENT. [MR. FRANK]3194LOC[MR. FRANK] If3195INif the3196DTthe complaint3197NNcomplaint is3198VBZbe not3199RBnot strong3200JJstrong enough3201RBenough to3202TOto establish3203VVestablish the3204DTthe concrete3205JJconcrete injury3206NNinjury under3207INunder what3208WPwhat a3209DTa majority3210NNmajority of3211INof the3212DTthe Court3213NPCourt indicated3214VVDindicate would3215MDwould be3216VBbe sufficient3217JJsufficient under3218INunder Spokeo3219NPSpokeo and3220CCand what3221WPwhat the3222DTthe lower3223JJRlow courts3224NNScourt have3225VHPhave repeatedly3226RBrepeatedly found3227VVNfind with3228INwith respect3229NNrespect to3230TOto Spokeo3231NPSpokeo ,3232,, then3233RBthen the3234DTthe appropriate3235JJappropriate decision3236NNdecision is3237VBZbe to3238TOto have3239VHhave a3240DTa limited3241JJlimited remand3242NNremand and3243CCand take3244VVtake it3245PPit back3246RBback up3247RBup ,3248,, assuming3249VVGassume that3250IN/thatthat the3251DTthe Court3252NPCourt finds3253VVZfind jurisdiction3254NNjurisdiction .3255SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3256LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Is3257VBZbe ...3258:... putting3259VVGput aside3260RPaside the3261DTthe question3262NNquestion of3263INof whether3264INwhether it3265PPit 's3266VBZbe pertinent3267JJpertinent to3268TOto the3269DTthe standing3270NNstanding analysis3271NNanalysis ,3272,, just3273RBjust so3274INso I3275PPI understand3276VVPunderstand the3277DTthe claims3278NNSclaim ,3279,, the3280DTthe disclosures3281NNSdisclosure go3282VVPgo to3283TOto any3284DTany searches3285NNSsearch that3286IN/thatthat somebody3287NNsomebody engages3288VVZengage in3289INin ,3290,, correct3291VVcorrect ?3292SENT? [MR. FRANK]3293LOC[MR. FRANK] That3294DTthat 's3295VBZbe correct3296JJcorrect .3297SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3298LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Okay3299NPOkay .3300SENT. So3301RBso it3302PPit may3303MDmay be3304VBbe that3305IN/thatthat they3306PPthey have3307VHPhave the3308DTthe wrong3309JJwrong named3310VVNname plaintiff3311NNplaintiff if3312INif the3313DTthe disclosures3314NNSdisclosure are3315VBPbe not3316RBnot private3317JJprivate ?3318SENT? [MR. FRANK]3319LOC[MR. FRANK] If3320INif ...3321:... if3322INif both3323DTboth Gaos3324NPGaos and3325CCand Italiano3326NPItaliano do3327VVPdo n't3328RBn't qualify3329VVqualify ,3330,, then3331RBthen they3332PPthey might3333MDmight have3334VHhave the3335DTthe wrong3336JJwrong named3337VVNname plaintiff3338NNplaintiff .3339SENT. If3340INif one3341CDone of3342INof the3343DTthe named3344VVNname plaintiffs3345NNSplaintiff satisfies3346VVZsatisfy it3347PPit ,3348,, though3349RBthough ,3350,, under3351INunder Rumsfeld3352NPRumsfeld versus3353CCversus FAIR3354JJfair ,3355,, that3356WDTthat would3357MDwould be3358VBbe sufficient3359JJsufficient .3360SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3361LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] But3362CCbut it3363PPit ...3364:... but3365CCbut it3366PPit has3367VHZhave to3368TOto be3369VBbe one3370CDone of3371INof the3372DTthe named3373VVNname plaintiffs3374NNSplaintiff ?3375SENT? [MR. FRANK]3376LOC[MR. FRANK] It3377PPit does3378VVZdo have3379VHPhave to3380TOto be3381VBbe a3382DTa named3383VVNname plaintiff3384NNplaintiff .3385SENT. [JUSTICE GINSBURG]3386LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] But3387CCbut your3388PP$your argument3389NNargument is3390VBZbe passing3391VVGpass standing3392NNstanding .3393SENT. You3394PPyou 're3395VBPbe not3396RBnot challenging3397VVGchallenge that3398DTthat ?3399SENT? [MR. FRANK]3400LOC[MR. FRANK] We3401PPwe 're3402VBPbe not3403RBnot challenging3404VVGchallenge standing3405NNstanding .3406SENT. We3407PPwe 're3408VBPbe not3409RBnot challenging3410VVGchallenge the3411DTthe court3412NNcourt 's3413POS's finding3414NNfinding ...3415:... nobody3416NNnobody is3417VBZbe challenging3418VVGchallenge the3419DTthe court3420NNcourt 's3421POS's finding3422NNfinding under3423INunder Rule3424NPRule 233425CD@card@ (3426(( a3427DTa )3428)) that3429IN/thatthat all3430PDTall the3431DTthe class3432NNclass members3433NNSmember have3434VHPhave a3435DTa common3436JJcommon injury3437NNinjury .3438SENT. The3439DTthe ...3440:... the3441DTthe Ninth3442JJninth Circu3443NPCircu it3444PPit 's3445VBZbe standard3446JJstandard creates3447VVZcreate perverse3448JJperverse incentives3449NNSincentive for3450INfor class3451NNclass counsel3452NNcounsel to3453TOto divert3454VVdivert money3455NNmoney away3456RBaway from3457INfrom their3458PP$their clients3459NNSclient and3460CCand to3461TOto third-parties3462NNSthird-parties .3463SENT. When3464WRBwhen courts3465NNScourt have3466VHPhave insisted3467VVNinsist that3468IN/thatthat attorneys3469NNSattorney do3470VVPdo n't3471RBn't get3472VVget paid3473VVNpay unless3474INunless their3475PP$their clients3476NNSclient get3477VVPget paid3478VVNpay ,3479,, the3480DTthe attorneys3481NNSattorney find3482VVPfind a3483DTa way3484NNway to3485TOto improve3486VVimprove the3487DTthe claims3488NNSclaim process3489NNprocess and3490CCand make3491VVmake money3492NNmoney get3493VVget to3494TOto the3495DTthe class3496NNclass .3497SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3498LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I3499PPI ...3500:... I3501PPI ...3502:... [JUSTICE ALITO]3503LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Is3504VBZbe there3505RBthere ...3506:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3507LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...3508:... I3509PPI ...3510:... I3511PPI understand3512VVPunderstand your3513PP$your fear3514NNfear ,3515,, but3516CCbut ,3517,, as3518INas I3519PPI look3520VVPlook at3521INat the3522DTthe full3523JJfull cy3524NNcy pres3525NNSpres awards3526NNSaward ,3527,, they3528PPthey 're3529VBPbe rare3530JJrare .3531SENT. The3532DTthe list3533NNlist that3534IN/thatthat I3535PPI 've3536VHPhave looked3537VVNlook at3538INat is3539VBZbe ,3540,, what3541WPwhat ,3542,, five3543CDfive in3544INin how3545WRBhow many3546JJmany years3547NNSyear ?3548SENT? It3549PPit 's3550VBZbe not3551RBnot as3552RBas if3553INif it3554PPit 's3555VBZbe occurring3556VVGoccur routinely3557RBroutinely ,3558,, number3559NNnumber one3560CDone .3561SENT. Number3562NNnumber two3563CDtwo ,3564,, you3565PPyou do3566VVPdo point3567NNpoint to3568TOto some3569DTsome potentially3570RBpotentially abusive3571JJabusive situations3572NNSsituation ,3573,, but3574CCbut in3575INin all3576PDTall those3577DTthose situations3578NNSsituation ,3579,, it3580PPit 's3581VBZbe the3582DTthe cases3583NNScase where3584WRBwhere the3585DTthe circuit3586NNcircuit court3587NNcourt rejected3588VVDreject a3589DTa cy3590NNcy pres3591NNSpres award3592NNaward .3593SENT. It3594PPit seems3595VVZseem like3596INlike the3597DTthe system3598NNsystem is3599VBZbe working3600VVGwork ,3601,, not3602RBnot not3603RBnot working3604VVGwork .3605SENT. [MR. FRANK]3606LOC[MR. FRANK] Well3607UHWell ,3608,, the3609DTthe system3610NNsystem will3611MDwill cease3612VVcease to3613TOto work3614VVwork if3615INif the3616DTthe Ninth3617JJninth Circu3618NPCircu it3619PPit 's3620VBZbe standard3621JJstandard is3622VBZbe affirmed3623VVNaffirm by3624INby this3625DTthis Court3626NPCourt .3627SENT. And3628CCand ,3629,, otherwise3630RBotherwise ,3631,, class3632NNclass counsel3633NNcounsel will3634MDwill direct3635VVdirect settlements3636NNSsettlement to3637TOto the3638DTthe Ninth3639JJninth Circuit3640NNcircuit .3641SENT. There3642EXthere are3643VBPbe two3644CDtwo all-pres3645JJall-pres settlements3646NNSsettlement with3647INwith just3648RBjust Google3649JJGoogle alone3650RBalone that3651WDTthat are3652VBPbe pending3653VVGpend ,3654,, waiting3655VVGwait for3656INfor resolution3657NNresolution of3658INof this3659DTthis decision3660NNdecision .3661SENT. And3662CCand the3663DTthe Ninth3664JJninth Circu3665NPCircu it3666PPit 's3667VBZbe standard3668JJstandard permits3669VVZpermit even3670RBeven hundred3671CDhundred million3672CDmillion dollar3673NNdollar settlements3674NNSsettlement ...3675:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3676LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] How3677WRBHow is3678VBZbe the3679DTthe Ninth3680JJninth Circu3681NPCircu it3682PPit 's3683VBZbe standard3684NNstandard different3685JJdifferent than3686INthan all3687PDTall the3688DTthe other3689JJother standards3690NNSstandard ?3691SENT? I3692PPI thought3693VVDthink the3694DTthe circuits3695NNScircuit had3696VHDhave basically3697RBbasically coalesced3698VVNcoalesce around3699INaround the3700DTthe ALI3701NPAli three-factor3702NNthree-factor test3703NNtest .3704SENT. [MR. FRANK]3705LOC[MR. FRANK] The3706DTthe Ninth3707JJninth Circuit3708NNcircuit rejected3709VVDreject that3710RBthat .3711SENT. It3712PPit said3713VVDsay all3714PDTall that3715DTthat 's3716VBZbe needed3717VVNneed is3718VBZbe that3719IN/thatthat the3720DTthe money3721NNmoney is3722VBZbe de3723NPde minimis3724NPminimis per3725INper class3726NNclass member3727NNmember .3728SENT. And3729CCand that3730DTthat 's3731VBZbe at3732INat page3733NNpage 83734CD8 of3735INof the3736DTthe Petition3737NNpetition Appendix3738NNAppendix|appendix .3739SENT. And3740CCand we3741PPwe see3742VVPsee that3743IN/thatthat in3744INin our3745PP$our supplemental3746JJsupplemental brief3747NNbrief ,3748,, where3749WRBwhere we3750PPwe point3751VVPpoint out3752RPout that3753IN/thatthat in3754INin a3755DTa case3756NNcase with3757INwith 13758CD1 .3759SENT. 33760CD3 million3761CDmillion class3762NNclass members3763NNSmember where3764WRBwhere every3765DTevery class3766NNclass member3767NNmember is3768VBZbe identifiable3769JJidentifiable and3770CCand 33771CD3 to3772TOto 93773CD9 million3774CDmillion dollars3775NNSdollar left3776VVNleave over3777RPover ,3778,, the3779DTthe court3780NNcourt said3781VVDsay that3782WDTthat 's3783VBZbe de3784NPde minimis3785NPminimis and3786CCand it3787PPit 's3788VBZbe okay3789JJokay to3790TOto send3791VVsend all3792DTall of3793INof that3794WDTthat to3795TOto a3796DTa local3797JJlocal university3798NNuniversity where3799WRBwhere the3800DTthe defendant3801NNdefendant can3802MDcan name3803VVname a3804DTa chair3805NNchair after3806INafter itself3807PPitself .3808SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3809LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] So3810RBso is3811VBZbe this3812DTthis appeal3813NNappeal all3814RBall about3815INabout feasibility3816NNfeasibility alone3817RBalone ?3818SENT? [MR. FRANK]3819LOC[MR. FRANK] No3820NPNo .3821SENT. The3822DTthe ...3823:... it3824PPit 's3825VBZbe about3826RBabout settlement3827NNsettlement fairness3828NNfairness under3829INunder Rule3830NPRule 233831CD@card@ (3832(( e3833NNe )3834)) .3835SENT. I3836PPI 'd3837MDwould like3838VVlike to3839TOto reserve3840VVreserve the3841DTthe rest3842NNrest of3843INof my3844PP$my time3845NNtime for3846INfor rebuttal3847NNrebuttal .3848SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3849LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank3850VVthank you3851PPyou ,3852,, counsel3853NNcounsel .3854SENT. General3855NPGeneral Wall3856NPWall .3857SENT.

[MR. WALL J.B.]3858LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Mr3859NPMr .3860SENT. Chief3861NPChief Justice3862NPJustice ,3863,, and3864CCand may3865MDmay it3866PPit please3867VVplease the3868DTthe Court3869NPCourt :3870:: Two3871CDTwo points3872NNSpoint .3873SENT. First3874RBfirst ,3875,, when3876WRBwhen the3877DTthe district3878NNdistrict court3879NNcourt here3880RBhere resolved3881VVNresolve Petitioners3882NNSpetitioner '3883POS' objections3884NNSobjection ,3885,, approved3886VVDapprove the3887DTthe settlement3888NNsettlement agreement3889NNagreement ,3890,, and3891CCand entered3892VVDenter it3893PPit as3894INas a3895DTa binding3896JJbinding judgment3897NNjudgment that3898WDTthat appears3899VVZappear at3900INat pages3901NNSpage to3902TOto 663903CD@card@ of3904INof the3905DTthe Petition3906NNpetition Appendix3907NNAppendix|appendix ,3908,, it3909PPit was3910VBDbe exercising3911VVGexercise Article3912NPArticle III3913NPIII jurisdiction3914NNjurisdiction ,3915,, which3916WDTwhich means3917VVZmean the3918DTthe plaintiffs3919NNSplaintiff had3920VHDhave to3921TOto have3922VHhave standing3923NNstanding and3924CCand the3925DTthe court3926NNcourt 's3927POS's ordered3928VVNorder cy3929NNcy pres3930NNSpres relief3931NNrelief had3932VHDhave to3933TOto redress3934VVredress plaintiffs3935NNSplaintiff '3936POS' injuries3937NNSinjury under3938INunder Laidlaw3939NPLaidlaw .3940SENT. Neither3941CCneither of3942INof those3943DTthose is3944VBZbe likely3945RBlikely true3946JJtrue here3947RBhere .3948SENT. Second3949RBsecond ,3950,, the3951DTthe other3952JJother limitations3953NNSlimitation of3954INof feasibility3955NNfeasibility and3956CCand fee3957NNfee proportionality3958NNproportionality should3959MDshould not3960RBnot be3961VBbe paper3962NNpaper tigers3963NNStiger .3964SENT. Lower3965JJRlow courts3966NNScourt need3967VVPneed to3968TOto conduct3969VVconduct rigorous3970JJrigorous numerical3971JJnumerical analyses3972NNSanalysis of3973INof feasibility3974NNfeasibility and3975CCand determine3976VVdetermine fees3977NNSfee based3978VVNbase on3979INon actual3980JJactual relief3981NNrelief to3982TOto the3983DTthe class3984NNclass ,3985,, not3986RBnot ,3987,, as3988INas here3989RBhere ,3990,, based3991VVNbase on3992INon an3993DTan inflated3994JJinflated percentage3995NNpercentage or3996CCor multiplier3997NNmultiplier .3998SENT. Meaningful3999JJmeaningful limits4000NNSlimit are4001VBPbe necessary4002JJnecessary to4003TOto align4004VValign incentives4005NNSincentive and4006CCand deter4007VVdeter abuse4008NNabuse of4009INof the4010DTthe class4011NNclass action4012NNaction device4013NNdevice .4014SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4015LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] I4016PPI do4017VVPdo n't4018RBn't ...4019:... I4020PPI do4021VVPdo n't4022RBn't understand4023VVunderstand your4024PP$your argument4025NNargument on4026INon the4027DTthe fee4028NNfee .4029SENT. I4030PPI mean4031VVPmean ,4032,, I4033PPI think4034VVPthink you4035PPyou either4036RBeither decide4037VVPdecide the4038DTthe cy4039NNcy pres4040NNSpres award4041NNaward provides4042VVZprovide relief4043NNrelief or4044CCor it4045PPit does4046VVZdo n't4047RBn't provide4048VVprovide relief4049NNrelief .4050SENT. If4051INif it4052PPit does4053VVZdo n't4054RBn't provide4055VVprovide relief4056NNrelief ,4057,, you4058PPyou do4059VVPdo n't4060RBn't get4061VVget a4062DTa fee4063NNfee for4064INfor it4065PPit .4066SENT. But4067CCbut ,4068,, if4069INif it4070PPit does4071VVZdo provide4072VVprovide relief4073NNrelief ,4074,, then4075RBthen I4076PPI do4077VVPdo n't4078RBn't know4079VVknow why4080WRBwhy the4081DTthe fee4082NNfee should4083MDshould be4084VBbe cut4085VVNcut back4086RBback just4087RBjust because4088INbecause it4089PPit 's4090VBZbe not4091RBnot money4092NNmoney .4093SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]4094LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Well4095UHwell ,4096,, I4097PPI still4098RBstill think4099VVPthink you4100PPyou have4101VHPhave to4102TOto look4103VVlook at4104INat what4105WPwhat relief4106NNrelief it4107PPit provides4108VVZprovide to4109TOto the4110DTthe class4111NNclass .4112SENT. If4113INif the4114DTthe Court4115NPCourt agrees4116VVZagree with4117INwith us4118PPus that4119IN/thatthat the4120DTthe lower4121JJRlow courts4122NNScourt are4123VBPbe not4124RBnot being4125VBGbe very4126RBvery rigorous4127JJrigorous with4128INwith respect4129NNrespect to4130TOto redressability4131NNredressability and4132CCand feasibility4133NNfeasibility ,4134,, and4135CCand it4136PPit tightens4137VVZtighten the4138DTthe inquiry4139NNinquiry ,4140,, I4141PPI still4142RBstill think4143VVPthink it4144PPit 's4145VBZbe possible4146JJpossible to4147TOto say4148VVsay ,4149,, Mr4150NPMr .4151SENT. Chief4152NPChief Justice4153NPJustice ,4154,, that4155DTthat tailored4156JJtailored cy4157NNcy pres4158NNSpres provides4159VVZprovide some4160DTsome benefit4161NNbenefit to4162TOto the4163DTthe class4164NNclass but4165CCbut not4166RBnot benefit4167VVbenefit that4168WDTthat should4169MDshould be4170VBbe treated4171VVNtreat dollar4172NNdollar for4173INfor dollar4174NNdollar like4175INlike money4176NNmoney in4177INin the4178DTthe pocket4179NNpocket of4180INof the4181DTthe class4182NNclass members4183NNSmember .4184SENT. But4185CCbut ,4186,, I4187PPI mean4188VVPmean ,4189,, I4190PPI 'd4191MDwould certainly4192RBcertainly agree4193VVagree that4194IN/thatthat not4195RBnot much4196RBmuch of4197INof a4198DTa discount4199NNdiscount would4200MDwould be4201VBbe warranted4202VVNwarrant if4203INif you4204PPyou 've4205VHPhave got4206VVNget really4207RBreally tailored4208JJtailored cy4209NNcy pres4210NNSpres .4211SENT. The4212DTthe problem4213NNproblem here4214RBhere is4215VBZbe that4216IN/thatthat ,4217,, of4218INof the4219DTthe six4220CDsix proposals4221NNSproposal ,4222,, only4223RBonly one4224CDone even4225RBeven argued4226VVDargue the4227DTthe World4228NPWorld Privacy4229NNprivacy Forum4230NPForum 's4231POS's proposal4232NNproposal ,4233,, even4234RBeven arguably4235RBarguably deals4236NNSdeal with4237INwith referral4238NNreferral headers4239NNSheader and4240CCand the4241DTthe subject4242NNsubject of4243INof this4244DTthis suit4245NNsuit .4246SENT. The4247DTthe ...4248:... one4249CDone of4250INof them4251PPthem ,4252,, the4253DTthe AARP4254NPAARP 's4255POS's proposal4256NNproposal ,4257,, deals4258NNSdeal with4259INwith online4260JJonline fraud4261NNfraud .4262SENT. And4263CCand this4264DTthis was4265VBDbe n't4266RBn't even4267RBeven a4268DTa fraud4269NNfraud case4270NNcase .4271SENT. All4272PDTAll the4273DTthe fraud4274NNfraud claims4275NNSclaim were4276VBDbe dismissed4277VVNdismiss .4278SENT. And4279CCand the4280DTthe other4281JJother four4282CDfour just4283RBjust deal4284NNdeal with4285INwith Internet4286NNInternet privacy4287NNprivacy in4288INin general4289NNgeneral .4290SENT. And4291CCand I4292PPI think4293VVPthink if4294INif ...4295:... if4296INif the4297DTthe inquiry4298NNinquiry is4299VBZbe ...4300:... if4301INif cy4302NNcy pres4303NNSpres is4304VBZbe going4305VVGgo to4306TOto be4307VBbe so4308RBso far4309RBfar divorced4310VVNdivorce despite4311INdespite I4312PPI think4313VVPthink ...4314:... what4315WPwhat I4316PPI think4317VVPthink are4318VBPbe serious4319JJserious redressability4320NNredressability concerns4321NNSconcern from4322INfrom the4323DTthe claimed4324VVNclaim injuries4325NNSinjury ,4326,, then4327RBthen I4328PPI do4329VVPdo n't4330RBn't think4331VVthink we4332PPwe can4333MDcan treat4334VVtreat it4335PPit anywhere4336RBanywhere near4337JJnear dollar4338NNdollar for4339INfor dollar4340NNdollar .4341SENT. I4342PPI think4343VVPthink the4344DTthe discount4345NNdiscount has4346VHZhave to4347TOto be4348VBbe more4349RBRmore substantial4350JJsubstantial .4351SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]4352LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Is4353VBZbe there4354RBthere any4355DTany reason4356NNreason why4357WRBwhy we4358PPwe should4359MDshould not4360RBnot decide4361VVdecide the4362DTthe standing4363NNstanding question4364NNquestion ?4365SENT? It4366PPit 's4367VBZbe a4368DTa question4369NNquestion of4370INof law4371NNlaw .4372SENT. At4373INat the4374DTthe 124375CD@card@ (4376(( b4377LSb )4378)) (4379(( 64380CD6 )4381)) stage4382NNstage ,4383,, it4384PPit 's4385VBZbe the4386DTthe plaintiff4387NNplaintiff 's4388POS's obligation4389NNobligation to4390TOto allege4391VVallege standing4392NNstanding .4393SENT. If4394INif it4395PPit was4396VBDbe n't4397RBn't alleged4398VVNallege properly4399RBproperly ,4400,, sufficiently4401RBsufficiently ,4402,, then4403RBthen ...4404:... then4405RBthen we4406PPwe should4407MDshould ...4408:... then4409RBthen there4410EXthere is4411VBZbe n't4412RBn't any4413DTany standing4414NNstanding .4415SENT. Why4416WRBwhy ...4417:... why4418WRBwhy does4419VVZdo ...4420:... why4421WRBwhy is4422VBZbe a4423DTa remand4424NNremand necessary4425JJnecessary ?4426SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]4427LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] I4428PPI think4429VVPthink the4430DTthe Court4431NPCourt could4432MDcould decide4433VVdecide it4434PPit ,4435,, Justice4436NPJustice Alito4437NPAlito .4438SENT. I4439PPI think4440VVPthink it4441PPit could4442MDcould decide4443VVdecide it4444PPit or4445CCor remand4446VVremand .4447SENT. We4448PPwe would4449MDwould urge4450VVurge the4451DTthe Court4452NPCourt to4453TOto do4454VVdo either4455RBeither of4456INof those4457DTthose ,4458,, rather4459RBrather than4460INthan DIG4461NPDIG .4462SENT. But4463CCbut ...4464:... [JUSTICE ALITO]4465LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Yeah4466NPYeah ,4467,, but4468CCbut why4469WRBwhy remand4470NNremand ?4471SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]4472LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Well4473UHWell ,4474,, because4475INbecause I4476PPI think4477VVPthink ...4478:... and4479CCand Justice4480NPJustice Gorsuch4481NPGorsuch was4482VBDbe getting4483VVGget at4484INat this4485DTthis a4486DTa little4487JJlittle bit4488NNbit ...4489:... it4490PPit is4491VBZbe n't4492RBn't clear4493JJclear ...4494:... the4495DTthe ...4496:... the4497DTthe common4498JJcommon law4499NNlaw tort4500NNtort that4501IN/thatthat everybody4502NNeverybody keeps4503VVZkeep pointing4504VVGpoint to4505TOto required4506JJrequired public4507JJpublic disclosure4508NNdisclosure of4509INof private4510JJprivate facts4511NNSfact about4512INabout you4513PPyou .4514SENT. Here4515RBhere ,4516,, we4517PPwe know4518VVPknow that4519IN/thatthat somebody4520NNsomebody searched4521VVDsearch Mr4522NPMr .4523SENT. Italiano4524NPItaliano 's4525POS's name4526NNname ,4527,, but4528CCbut from4529INfrom the4530DTthe fact4531NNfact that4532IN/thatthat somebody4533NNsomebody searches4534VVZsearch my4535PP$my name4536NNname ,4537,, it4538PPit does4539VVZdo n't4540RBn't mean4541VVmean it4542PPit was4543VBDbe me4544PPme .4545SENT. So4546RBso they4547PPthey 've4548VHPhave developed4549VVNdevelop this4550DTthis re-identification4551NNre-identification theory4552NNtheory saying4553VVGsay ,4554,, oh4555UHoh ,4556,, well4557UHwell ,4558,, the4559DTthe websites4560NNSwebsites you4561PPyou click4562VVPclick through4563RPthrough to4564TOto will4565VVwill glean4566VVglean other4567JJother information4568NNinformation about4569INabout you4570PPyou off4571RBoff of4572INof the4573DTthe Internet4574NNInternet and4575CCand they4576PPthey 'll4577MDwill be4578VBbe able4579JJable then4580RBthen to4581TOto reverse-engineer4582VVreverse-engineer and4583CCand figure4584VVfigure out4585RPout that4586IN/thatthat you4587PPyou were4588VBDbe the4589DTthe one4590CDone that4591WDTthat did4592VVDdo the4593DTthe search4594NNsearch .4595SENT. That4596DTthat seems4597VVZseem pretty4598RBpretty speculative4599JJspeculative ,4600,, I4601PPI think4602VVPthink ,4603,, for4604INfor Spokeo4605NPSpokeo purposes4606NNSpurpose ,4607,, and4608CCand there4609EXthere is4610VBZbe n't4611RBn't a4612DTa record4613NNrecord on4614INon it4615PPit ,4616,, though4617INthough I4618PPI do4619VVPdo n't4620RBn't know4621VVknow that4622IN/thatthat the4623DTthe Court4624NPCourt needs4625VVZneed one4626CDone .4627SENT. And4628CCand then4629RBthen ,4630,, even4631RBeven beyond4632INbeyond that4633DTthat ,4634,, even4635RBeven if4636INif you4637PPyou could4638MDcould identify4639VVidentify that4640IN/thatthat these4641DTthese people4642NNSpeople were4643VBDbe the4644DTthe ones4645NNSone doing4646VVGdo the4647DTthe searches4648NNSsearch ,4649,, if4650INif they4651PPthey 're4652VBPbe searching4653VVGsearch information4654NNinformation that4655WDTthat 's4656VBZbe already4657RBalready public4658JJpublic and4659CCand they4660PPthey 're4661VBPbe not4662RBnot pointing4663VVGpoint to4664TOto any4665DTany other4666JJother additional4667JJadditional harm4668NNharm ,4669,, is4670VBZbe that4671DTthat harm4672NNharm under4673INunder Spokeo4674NPSpokeo ,4675,, I4676PPI think4677VVPthink that4678IN/thatthat latter4679JJlatter part4680NNpart of4681INof it4682PPit is4683VBZbe a4684DTa legal4685JJlegal inquiry4686NNinquiry that4687IN/thatthat I4688PPI agree4689VVPagree ,4690,, I4691PPI think4692VVPthink the4693DTthe Court4694NPCourt is4695VBZbe as4696RBas well4697RBwell positioned4698VVNposition as4699INas the4700DTthe lower4701JJRlow court4702NNcourt to4703TOto decide4704VVdecide .4705SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]4706LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well4707UHWell ,4708,, do4709VVPdo you4710PPyou think4711VVPthink that4712IN/thatthat every4713DTevery time4714NNtime we4715PPwe get4716VVPget a4717DTa case4718NNcase where4719WRBwhere there4720EXthere 's4721VHZhave been4722VBNbe a4723DTa dismissal4724NNdismissal at4725INat the4726DTthe pleadings4727NNSpleading stage4728NNstage and4729CCand a4730DTa question4731NNquestion of4732INof standing4733NNstanding arises4734VVZarise ,4735,, we4736PPwe should4737MDshould remand4738VVremand it4739PPit to4740TOto the4741DTthe lower4742JJRlow court4743NNcourt to4744TOto see4745VVsee whether4746INwhether the4747DTthe plaintiff4748NNplaintiff might4749MDmight be4750VBbe able4751JJable to4752TOto come4753VVcome up4754RPup with4755INwith some4756DTsome additional4757JJadditional allegations4758NNSallegation ,4759,, or4760CCor should4761MDshould we4762PPwe decide4763VVdecide whether4764INwhether the4765DTthe plaintiff4766NNplaintiff has4767VHZhave sufficiently4768RBsufficiently alleged4769VVNallege standing4770NNstanding ,4771,, as4772INas the4773DTthe plaintiff4774NNplaintiff must4775MDmust sufficiently4776RBsufficiently allege4777VVallege all4778PDTall the4779DTthe elements4780NNSelement of4781INof whatever4782WDTwhatever claim4783NNclaim is4784VBZbe being4785VBGbe pressed4786VVNpress ?4787SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]4788LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] I4789PPI ...4790:... Justice4791NPJustice Alito4792NPAlito ,4793,, I4794PPI think4795VVPthink the4796DTthe Court4797NPCourt could4798MDcould decide4799VVdecide it4800PPit .4801SENT. If4802INif the4803DTthe Court4804NPCourt thinks4805VVZthink that4806IN/thatthat ,4807,, on4808INon the4809DTthe basis4810NNbasis of4811INof these4812DTthese allegations4813NNSallegation ,4814,, it4815PPit 's4816VBZbe got4817VVNget enough4818RBenough to4819TOto decide4820VVdecide the4821DTthe standing4822NNstanding question4823NNquestion ,4824,, I4825PPI think4826VVPthink it4827PPit could4828MDcould do4829VVdo that4830IN/thatthat here4831RBhere .4832SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]4833LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] We4834PPwe know4835VVPknow this4836DTthis ,4837,, on4838INon that4839DTthat very4840JJvery point4841NNpoint ...4842:... it4843PPit ...4844:... we4845PPwe have4846VHPhave in4847INin the4848DTthe complaint4849NNcomplaint ,4850,, quote4851VVPquote ...4852:... there4853EXthere was4854VBDbe one4855CDone search4856NNsearch that4857WDTthat was4858VBDbe his4859PP$his name4860NNname ,4861,, Italiano4862NPItaliano ,4863,, and4864CCand then4865RBthen ,4866,, "4867''" the4868DTthe name4869NNname of4870INof his4871PP$his then4872RBthen soon-to-be4873JJsoon-to-be ex-wife4874NNex-wife .4875SENT. "4876''" All4877DTall right4878NNright .4879SENT. Now4880RBnow was4881VBDbe the4882DTthe search4883NNsearch ,4884,, the4885DTthe words4886NNSword ...4887:... it4888PPit could4889MDcould n't4890RBn't have4891VHhave been4892VBNbe "4893``" the4894DTthe name4895NNname "4896''" ...4897:... there4898EXthere must4899MDmust have4900VHhave been4901VBNbe a4902DTa different4903JJdifferent actual4904JJactual search4905NNsearch .4906SENT. Do4907VVdo we4908PPwe know4909VVknow what4910WPwhat it4911PPit was4912VBDbe ,4913,, and4914CCand were4915VBDbe the4916DTthe words4917NNSword in4918INin the4919DTthe search4920NNsearch "4921``" soon-to-be4922NNsoon-to-be ex-wife4923NNex-wife "4924''" ?4925SENT? Because4926INbecause those4927DTthose words4928NNSword would4929MDwould seem4930VVseem private4931JJprivate .4932SENT. Probably4933RBprobably .4934SENT. And4935CCand ...4936:... but4937CCbut maybe4938RBmaybe those4939DTthose words4940NNSword were4941VBDbe n't4942RBn't there4943RBthere .4944SENT. Maybe4945RBmaybe all4946DTall that4947WDTthat was4948VBDbe there4949EXthere was4950VBDbe his4951PP$his name4952NNname and4953CCand his4954PP$his wife4955NNwife 's4956POS's name4957NNname ,4958,, which4959WDTwhich I4960PPI do4961VVPdo n't4962RBn't think4963VVthink is4964VBZbe private4965JJprivate .4966SENT. But4967CCbut ...4968:... but4969RBbut ...4970:... but4971RBbut ...4972:... so4973RBso do4974VVPdo we4975PPwe know4976VVPknow ?4977SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]4978LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] So4979RBso ,4980,, in4981INin fairness4982NNfairness to4983TOto their4984PP$their theory4985NNtheory ,4986,, Justice4987NPJustice Breyer4988NPBreyer ,4989,, I4990PPI do4991VVPdo n't4992RBn't think4993VVthink it4994PPit 's4995VBZbe the4996DTthe ...4997:... I4998PPI do4999VVPdo n't5000RBn't think5001VVthink that5002IN/thatthat what5003WPwhat they5004PPthey 're5005VBPbe pointing5006VVGpoint the5007DTthe harm5008NNharm is5009VBZbe the5010DTthe disclosure5011NNdisclosure of5012INof the5013DTthe information5014NNinformation itself5015PPitself .5016SENT. I5017PPI think5018VVPthink the5019DTthe harm5020NNharm that5021IN/thatthat they5022PPthey 're5023VBPbe claiming5024VVGclaim is5025VBZbe the5026DTthe disclosure5027NNdisclosure that5028IN/thatthat they5029PPthey performed5030VVDperform that5031DTthat search5032NNsearch .5033SENT. I5034PPI am5035VBPbe known5036VVNknow then5037RBthen to5038TOto have5039VHhave searched5040VVNsearch for5041INfor my5042PP$my name5043NNname ,5044,, plus5045CCplus the5046DTthe following5047VVGfollow terms5048NNSterm .5049SENT. And5050CCand for5051INfor the5052DTthe reasons5053NNSreason I5054PPI ...5055:... the5056DTthe two5057CDtwo reasons5058NNSreason I5059PPI gave5060VVDgive to5061TOto Justice5062NPJustice Alito5063NPAlito ...5064:... [JUSTICE BREYER]5065LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] But5066CCbut that5067WDTthat is5068VBZbe ...5069:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5070LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Is5071VBZbe n't5072RBn't that5073IN/thatthat an5074DTan injury5075NNinjury ?5076SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5077LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] I5078PPI 'm5079VBPbe sorry5080JJsorry ?5081SENT? [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5082LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Is5083VBZbe n't5084RBn't that5085IN/thatthat an5086DTan injury5087NNinjury ,5088,, disclosure5089NNdisclosure of5090INof what5091WPwhat you5092PPyou searched5093VVDsearch ?5094SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5095LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] I5096PPI do5097VVPdo n't5098RBn't think5099VVthink ...5100:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5101LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] I5102PPI do5103VVPdo n't5104RBn't think5105VVthink anyone5106NNanyone would5107MDwould want5108VVwant the5109DTthe disclosure5110NNdisclosure of5111INof everything5112NNeverything they5113PPthey searched5114VVDsearch for5115INfor disclosed5116VVNdisclose to5117TOto other5118JJother people5119NNSpeople .5120SENT. That5121DTthat seems5122VVZseem a5123DTa harm5124NNharm .5125SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]5126LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] I5127PPI think5128VVPthink on5129INon a5130DTa ...5131:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5132LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] It5133PPit may5134MDmay not5135RBnot ...5136:... may5137MDmay or5138CCor may5139MDmay not5140RBnot be5141VBbe a5142DTa cause5143NNcause of5144INof action5145NNaction ,5146,, but5147CCbut it5148PPit 's5149VBZbe a5150DTa harm5151NNharm .5152SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]5153LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Justice5154NPJustice Kavanaugh5155NPKavanaugh ,5156,, I5157PPI 'm5158VBPbe not5159RBnot so5160RBso sure5161JJsure .5162SENT. At5163INat the5164DTthe common5165JJcommon law5166NNlaw ,5167,, it5168PPit was5169VBDbe at5170INat least5171JJSleast uncertain5172JJuncertain as5173INas of5174INof the5175DTthe Second5176JJsecond Restatement5177NNrestatement in5178INin the5179DTthe 195180CD@card@ ...5181:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5182LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But5183CCbut it5184PPit does5185VVZdo n't5186RBn't have5187VHhave to5188TOto be5189VBbe exactly5190RBexactly at5191INat common5192JJcommon law5193NNlaw ,5194,, according5195VVGaccord to5196TOto the5197DTthe language5198NNlanguage in5199INin Spokeo5200NPSpokeo .5201SENT. It5202PPit does5203VVZdo n't5204RBn't say5205VVsay that5206DTthat .5207SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]5208LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] No5209NPNo ,5210,, I5211PPI ...5212:... it5213PPit 's5214VBZbe just5215RBjust an5216DTan analogue5217NNanalogue .5218SENT. Look5219VVlook ,5220,, I5221PPI will5222MDwill agree5223VVagree with5224INwith you5225PPyou that5226IN/thatthat on5227INon a5228DTa particular5229JJparticular ...5230:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5231LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Just5232RBjust as5233INas a5234DTa common5235JJcommon sense5236NNsense matter5237NNmatter .5238SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]5239LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Well5240UHWell ,5241,, on5242INon a5243DTa ...5244:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5245LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Just5246RBjust ...5247:... just5248RBjust go5249VVgo to5250TOto plain5251JJplain common5252JJcommon sense5253NNsense .5254SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]5255LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Oh5256NPOh ,5257,, on5258INon a5259DTa ...5260:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5261LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] What5262WPWhat you5263PPyou search5264VVPsearch for5265INfor ,5266,, if5267INif that5268WDTthat 's5269VBZbe disclosed5270VVNdisclose to5271TOto other5272JJother people5273NNSpeople ?5274SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5275LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Yes5276NPYes ,5277,, I5278PPI think5279VVPthink on5280INon a5281DTa particularized5282VVNparticularize basis5283NNbasis ,5284,, you5285PPyou could5286MDcould conduct5287VVconduct searches5288NNSsearch the5289DTthe disclosure5290NNdisclosure of5291INof which5292WDTwhich would5293MDwould embarrass5294VVembarrass or5295CCor harm5296VVharm you5297PPyou .5298SENT. But5299CCbut ,5300,, if5301INif all5302DTall he5303PPhe searched5304VVDsearch was5305VBDbe his5306PP$his own5307JJown name5308NNname ,5309,, is5310VBZbe that5311IN/thatthat a5312DTa sufficient5313JJsufficient harm5314NNharm for5315INfor Spokeo5316NPSpokeo purposes5317NNSpurpose ?5318SENT? I5319PPI ...5320:... I5321PPI 'm5322VBPbe not5323RBnot sure5324JJsure that5325IN/thatthat it5326PPit is5327VBZbe .5328SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5329LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] If5330INif it5331PPit 's5332VBZbe disclosed5333VVNdisclose to5334TOto another5335DTanother person5336NNperson ?5337SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5338LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Again5339RBagain ,5340,, I5341PPI 'm5342VBPbe not5343RBnot sure5344JJsure that5345IN/thatthat it5346PPit is5347VBZbe a5348DTa sufficient5349JJsufficient harm5350NNharm under5351INunder Spokeo5352NPSpokeo .5353SENT. I5354PPI will5355MDwill say5356VVsay ...5357:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]5358LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] And5359CCand ...5360:... and5361CCand what5362WPwhat ...5363:... [MR. WALL J.B.]5364LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] ...5365:... though5366RBthough ,5367,, that5368IN/thatthat the5369DTthe predicate5370JJpredicate problem5371NNproblem and5372CCand the5373DTthe reason5374NNreason I5375PPI think5376VVPthink you5377PPyou do5378VVPdo n't5379RBn't even5380RBeven get5381VVget there5382EXthere is5383VBZbe this5384DTthis re-identification5385NNre-identification theory5386NNtheory is5387VBZbe itself5388PPitself so5389RBso speculative5390JJspeculative ,5391,, I5392PPI do5393VVPdo n't5394RBn't think5395VVthink it5396PPit 's5397VBZbe at5398INat all5399DTall clear5400JJclear that5401IN/thatthat the5402DTthe Internet5403NNInternet sites5404NNSsite you5405PPyou click5406VVPclick through5407INthrough to5408TOto could5409MDcould be5410VBbe used5411VVNuse to5412TOto figure5413VVfigure out5414INout it5415PPit was5416VBDbe you5417PPyou .5418SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5419LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But5420CCbut is5421VBZbe n't5422RBn't that5423IN/thatthat a5424DTa merits5425NNSmerit question5426VVPquestion ?5427SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5428LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] I5429PPI do5430VVPdo n't5431RBn't think5432VVthink so5433RBso .5434SENT. I5435PPI think5436VVPthink it5437PPit 's5438VBZbe a5439DTa question5440NNquestion of5441INof whether5442INwhether they5443PPthey 've5444VHPhave plausibly5445RBplausibly alleged5446VVNallege a5447DTa harm5448NNharm .5449SENT. If5450INif the5451DTthe harm5452NNharm that5453IN/thatthat they5454PPthey 're5455VBPbe pointing5456VVGpoint to5457TOto could5458MDcould n't5459RBn't occur5460VVoccur because5461INbecause nobody5462NNnobody could5463MDcould reverse-engineer5464VVreverse-engineer ,5465,, they5466PPthey do5467VVPdo n't5468RBn't have5469VHhave a5470DTa sufficient5471JJsufficient injury5472NNinjury .5473SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]5474LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] General5475NPGeneral Wall5476NPWall ...5477:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]5478LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] And5479CCand what5480WPwhat is5481VBZbe the5482DTthe record5483NNrecord with5484INwith respect5485NNrespect to5486TOto that5487DTthat question5488NNquestion ,5489,, about5490RBabout whether5491INwhether anybody5492NNanybody can5493MDcan identify5494VVidentify the5495DTthe person5496NNperson who5497WPwho did5498VVDdo the5499DTthe search5500NNsearch ?5501SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5502LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] As5503INas far5504RBfar as5505INas we5506PPwe can5507MDcan tell5508VVtell ,5509,, there5510EXthere is5511VBZbe no5512DTno record5513NNrecord because5514INbecause the5515DTthe district5516NNdistrict court5517NNcourt never5518RBnever reexamined5519VVDreexamine this5520DTthis post-Spokeo5521NNpost-Spokeo and5522CCand no5523DTno one5524CDone raised5525VVDraise it5526PPit ,5527,, either5528CCeither because5529INbecause they5530PPthey were5531VBDbe bound5532VVNbind not5533RBnot to5534TOto attack5535VVattack the5536DTthe settlement5537NNsettlement agreement5538NNagreement or5539CCor because5540INbecause they5541PPthey wanted5542VVDwant a5543DTa ruling5544NNruling on5545INon the5546DTthe merits5547NNSmerit of5548INof cy5549NNcy pres5550NNSpres .5551SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]5552LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] General5553NPGeneral Wall5554NPWall ,5555,, what5556WPwhat 's5557VBZbe the5558DTthe ...5559:... what5560WPwhat 's5561VBZbe the5562DTthe government5563NNgovernment 's5564POS's position5565NNposition on5566INon Justice5567NPJustice Thomas5568NPThomas 's5569POS's theory5570NNtheory in5571INin Spokeo5572NPSpokeo that5573IN/thatthat standing5574NNstanding can5575MDcan be5576VBbe proven5577VVNprove by5578INby violation5579NNviolation of5580INof a5581DTa legal5582JJlegal right5583NNright granted5584VVNgrant by5585INby Congress5586NPCongress ,5587,, even5588RBeven if5589INif it5590PPit would5591MDwould n't5592RBn't be5593VBbe otherwise5594RBotherwise recognized5595VVNrecognize at5596INat common5597JJcommon law5598NNlaw ?5599SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5600LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] We5601PPwe have5602VHPhave not5603RBnot taken5604VVNtake a5605DTa position5606NNposition on5607INon that5608IN/thatthat here5609RBhere ,5610,, Justice5611NPJustice Gorsuch5612NPGorsuch .5613SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]5614LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] So5615INso what5616WPwhat ...5617:... what5618WPwhat ...5619:... what5620WPwhat ...5621:... what5622WPwhat do5623VVPdo you5624PPyou recommend5625VVrecommend the5626DTthe Court5627NPCourt do5628VVPdo about5629RBabout that5630RBthat ?5631SENT? The5632DTthe government5633NNgovernment 's5634POS's got5635VVNget nothing5636NNnothing to5637TOto offer5638VVoffer us5639PPus .5640SENT. [MR. WALL J.B.]5641LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Just5642RBjust ,5643,, we5644PPwe would5645MDwould be5646VBbe happy5647JJhappy to5648TOto supplementally5649RBsupplementally brief5650VVbrief the5651DTthe standing5652NNstanding question5653NNquestion .5654SENT. We5655PPwe flagged5656VVDflag it5657PPit for5658INfor the5659DTthe Court5660NPCourt ,5661,, and5662CCand then5663RBthen none5664NNnone of5665INof the5666DTthe parties5667NNSparty has5668VHZhave really5669RBreally delved5670VVNdelve into5671INinto it5672PPit on5673INon the5674DTthe merits5675NNSmerit .5676SENT. And5677CCand so5678RBso I5679PPI think5680VVPthink if5681INif the5682DTthe Court5683NPCourt wants5684VVZwant ...5685:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]5686LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Is5687VBZbe n't5688RBn't that5689IN/thatthat a5690DTa reason5691NNreason why5692WRBwhy we5693PPwe should5694MDshould ...5695:... we5696PPwe should5697MDshould not5698RBnot decide5699VVdecide it5700PPit in5701INin the5702DTthe first5703JJfirst instance5704NNinstance ?5705SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5706LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Justice5707NPJustice Ginsburg5708NPGinsburg ,5709,, for5710INfor the5711DTthe reasons5712NNSreason I5713PPI gave5714VVDgive earlier5715RBRearlier ,5716,, I5717PPI think5718VVPthink the5719DTthe Court5720NPCourt could5721MDcould on5722INon this5723DTthis record5724NNrecord or5725CCor it5726PPit could5727MDcould remand5728VVremand .5729SENT. As5730RBas long5731RBlong as5732INas the5733DTthe Court5734NPCourt does5735VVZdo n't5736RBn't DIG5737NPDIG ,5738,, both5739CCboth because5740INbecause it5741PPit would5742MDwould leave5743VVleave standing5744NNstanding ,5745,, a5746DTa judgment5747NNjudgment that5748IN/thatthat I5749PPI think5750VVPthink the5751DTthe Court5752NPCourt had5753VHDhave no5754DTno jurisdiction5755NNjurisdiction to5756TOto enter5757VVenter ,5758,, and5759CCand I5760PPI think5761VVPthink it5762PPit would5763MDwould encourage5764VVencourage parties5765NNSparty not5766RBnot to5767TOto flag5768VVflag jurisdictional5769JJjurisdictional issues5770NNSissue at5771INat the5772DTthe cert5773NNcert stage5774NNstage ,5775,, as5776INas the5777DTthe parties5778NNSparty here5779RBhere should5780MDshould have5781VHhave .5782SENT. And5783CCand just5784RBjust to5785TOto say5786VVsay one5787CDone word5788NNword about5789INabout the5790DTthe merits5791NNSmerit ,5792,, I5793PPI do5794VVPdo think5795VVthink if5796INif the5797DTthe Court5798NPCourt reaches5799VVZreach the5800DTthe merits5801NNSmerit ,5802,, the5803DTthe government5804NNgovernment 's5805POS's primary5806JJprimary submission5807NNsubmission is5808VBZbe the5809DTthe lower5810JJRlow courts5811NNScourt have5812VHPhave just5813RBjust not5814RBnot been5815VBNbe very5816RBvery rigorous5817JJrigorous .5818SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5819LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Why5820NPWhy ...5821:... why5822NNwhy ...5823:... to5824TOto pick5825VVpick up5826RPup on5827INon Justice5828NPJustice Sotomayor5829NPSotomayor 's5830POS's question5831NNquestion earlier5832RBRearlier ...5833:... why5834WRBwhy should5835MDshould n't5836RBn't that5837RBthat be5838VBbe a5839DTa question5840NNquestion for5841INfor the5842DTthe Rules5843NPRules Committee5844NPCommittee in5845INin Congress5846NPCongress to5847TOto address5848VVaddress in5849INin the5850DTthe first5851JJfirst instance5852NNinstance ?5853SENT? [MR. WALL J.B.]5854LOC[MR. WALL J.B.] Well5855UHWell ,5856,, so5857RBso ,5858,, look5859VVlook ,5860,, guidance5861NNguidance from5862INfrom Congress5863NPCongress would5864MDwould be5865VBbe helpful5866JJhelpful ,5867,, but5868CCbut in5869INin its5870PP$its absence5871NNabsence ,5872,, I5873PPI still5874RBstill think5875VVPthink we5876PPwe have5877VHPhave to5878TOto say5879VVsay what5880WPwhat the5881DTthe fair5882JJfair ,5883,, reasonable5884JJreasonable ,5885,, and5886CCand adequate5887JJadequate standard5888JJstandard means5889NNSmean under5890INunder Rule5891NPRule 235892CD@card@ .5893SENT. The5894DTthe Rules5895NPRules Committee5896NPCommittee has5897VHZhave essentially5898RBessentially punted5899VVNpunt to5900TOto the5901DTthe courts5902NNScourt by5903INby saying5904VVGsay the5905DTthe courts5906NNScourt are5907VBPbe actively5908RBactively looking5909VVGlook at5910INat this5911DTthis issue5912NNissue ,5913,, we5914PPwe 're5915VBPbe not5916RBnot going5917VVGgo to5918TOto address5919VVaddress it5920PPit .5921SENT. Now5922RBnow they5923PPthey did5924VVDdo amend5925VVamend the5926DTthe rule5927NNrule in5928INin various5929JJvarious ways5930NNSway that5931IN/thatthat I5932PPI think5933VVPthink support5934VVsupport our5935PP$our approach5936NNapproach by5937INby saying5938VVGsay you5939PPyou should5940MDshould consider5941VVconsider fees5942NNSfee at5943INat the5944DTthe 235945CD@card@ (5946(( e5947NNe )5948)) stage5949NNstage ,5950,, you5951PPyou can5952MDcan delay5953VVdelay to5954TOto see5955VVsee what5956WPwhat the5957DTthe claims5958NNSclaim rate5959NNrate is5960VBZbe ,5961,, the5962DTthe court5963NNcourt should5964MDshould be5965VBbe looking5966VVGlook at5967INat the5968DTthe claims5969NNSclaim rate5970NNrate .5971SENT. I5972PPI mean5973VVPmean ,5974,, a5975DTa number5976NNnumber of5977INof the5978DTthe things5979NNSthing that5980IN/thatthat they5981PPthey 've5982VHPhave done5983VVNdo in5984INin the5985DTthe amended5986VVNamend rule5987NNrule ,5988,, I5989PPI think5990VVPthink ,5991,, are5992VBPbe designed5993VVNdesign to5994TOto tighten5995VVtighten up5996RPup the5997DTthe inquiry5998NNinquiry .5999SENT. They6000PPthey 're6001VBPbe consistent6002JJconsistent with6003INwith what6004WPwhat we6005PPwe 're6006VBPbe saying6007VVGsay here6008RBhere .6009SENT. But6010CCbut they6011PPthey did6012VVDdo n't6013RBn't directly6014RBdirectly tackle6015VVtackle the6016DTthe question6017NNquestion .6018SENT. They6019PPthey ,6020,, in6021INin effect6022NNeffect ,6023,, deferred6024VVNdefer to6025TOto the6026DTthe courts6027NNScourt .6028SENT. And6029CCand so6030INso what6031WPwhat we6032PPwe would6033MDwould say6034VVsay is6035VBZbe ,6036,, for6037INfor essentially6038RBessentially the6039DTthe ...6040:... the6041DTthe reasons6042NNSreason that6043WDTthat Petitioners6044NNSpetitioner give6045VVPgive ,6046,, there6047EXthere are6048VBPbe these6049DTthese three6050CDthree important6051JJimportant limitations6052NNSlimitation that6053IN/thatthat the6054DTthe Court6055NPCourt should6056MDshould articulate6057VVarticulate and6058CCand they6059PPthey should6060MDshould have6061VHhave real6062JJreal teeth6063NNStooth .6064SENT. I6065PPI think6066VVPthink the6067DTthe way6068NNway that6069IN/thatthat Respondents6070NNSrespondent talk6071VVPtalk about6072INabout them6073PPthem ,6074,, as6075RBas applied6076VVNapply here6077RBhere ,6078,, they6079PPthey do6080VVPdo n't6081RBn't have6082VHhave real6083JJreal teeth6084NNStooth because6085INbecause there6086EXthere was6087VBDbe n't6088RBn't a6089DTa real6090JJreal analysis6091NNanalysis of6092INof feasibility6093NNfeasibility here6094RBhere .6095SENT. There6096EXthere was6097VBDbe n't6098RBn't a6099DTa real6100JJreal analysis6101NNanalysis of6102INof redressability6103NNredressability .6104SENT. And6105CCand $6106$$ 950,0006107CD@card@ in6108INin fees6109NNSfee were6110VBDbe bumped6111VVNbump up6112RPup to6113TOto $6114$$ 26115CD2 .6116SENT. 16117CD1 million6118CDmillion through6119INthrough a6120DTa 26121CD2 .6122SENT. 26123CD2 multiplier6124NNmultiplier that6125WDTthat 's6126VBZbe essentially6127RBessentially sort6128NNsort of6129INof plucked6130VVNpluck out6131RPout of6132INof the6133DTthe air6134NNair .6135SENT. It6136PPit 's6137VBZbe just6138RBjust a6139DTa reverse6140JJreverse justification6141NNjustification for6142INfor taking6143VVGtake $6144$$ 26145CD2 million6146CDmillion in6147INin fees6148NNSfee off6149RBoff of6150INof an6151DTan $6152$$ 86153CD8 million6154CDmillion settlement6155NNsettlement that6156WDTthat did6157VVDdo n't6158RBn't actually6159RBactually deliver6160VVdeliver any6161DTany relief6162NNrelief to6163TOto the6164DTthe class6165NNclass on6166INon its6167PP$its specific6168JJspecific claim6169NNclaim here6170RBhere ,6171,, which6172WDTwhich is6173VBZbe that6174IN/thatthat there6175EXthere 's6176VBZbe a6177DTa referrer6178NNreferrer header6179NNheader that6180WDTthat turns6181VVZturn over6182INover my6183PP$my information6184NNinformation .6185SENT. And6186CCand all6187DTall three6188CDthree of6189INof those6190DTthose seem6191VVPseem like6192INlike serious6193JJserious problems6194NNSproblem .6195SENT. And6196CCand I6197PPI think6198VVPthink that6199IN/thatthat it6200PPit 's6201VBZbe important6202JJimportant that6203IN/thatthat ,6204,, if6205INif the6206DTthe Court6207NPCourt reached6208VVDreach the6209DTthe merits6210NNSmerit ,6211,, that6212WDTthat it6213PPit tighten6214VVPtighten them6215PPthem up6216RPup so6217RBso that6218IN/thatthat we6219PPwe do6220VVPdo n't6221RBn't have6222VHhave cy6223NNcy pres6224NNSpres that6225WDTthat 's6226VBZbe completely6227RBcompletely untethered6228JJuntethered from6229INfrom the6230DTthe injury6231NNinjury to6232TOto the6233DTthe class6234NNclass and6235CCand the6236DTthe relief6237NNrelief that6238WDTthat 's6239VBZbe actually6240RBactually being6241VBGbe delivered6242VVNdeliver .6243SENT. If6244INif there6245EXthere are6246VBPbe no6247RBno further6248JJRfurther questions6249NNSquestion ,6250,, thank6251VVthank you6252PPyou .6253SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6254LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank6255VVthank you6256PPyou ,6257,, counsel6258NNcounsel .6259SENT. Mr6260NPMr .6261SENT. Pincus6262NPPincus .6263SENT.

[MR. PINCUS]6264LOC[MR. PINCUS] Thank6265VVthank you6266PPyou ,6267,, Mr6268NPMr .6269SENT. Chief6270NPChief Justice6271NPJustice ,6272,, and6273CCand may6274MDmay it6275PPit please6276VVplease the6277DTthe Court6278NPCourt :6279:: To6280TOTo the6281DTthe extent6282NNextent Petitioners6283NNSpetitioner are6284VBPbe arguing6285VVGargue for6286INfor a6287DTa per6288FWper se6289FWse rule6290NNrule invalidating6291VVGinvalidate settlements6292NNSsettlement ,6293,, where6294WRBwhere the6295DTthe monetary6296JJmonetary payments6297NNSpayment only6298RBonly go6299VVPgo to6300TOto third6301JJthird parties6302NNSparty ,6303,, nothing6304NNnothing in6305INin the6306DTthe Rules6307NPSRules Enabling6308VVGenable Act6309NPAct or6310CCor Rule6311NPRule 236312CD@card@ authorizes6313VVZauthorize a6314DTa flat6315JJflat prohibition6316NNprohibition .6317SENT. And6318CCand as6319INas Justice6320NPJustice Sotomayor6321NPSotomayor indicated6322VVDindicate and6323CCand Judge6324NPJudge ...6325:... Professor6326NPProfessor Rubenstein6327NPRubenstein 's6328POS's amicus6329NNamicus brief6330NNbrief submits6331VVZsubmit ,6332,, these6333DTthese are6334VBPbe very6335RBvery ,6336,, very6337RBvery rare6338JJrare settlements6339NNSsettlement .6340SENT. But6341CCbut Rule6342NPRule 236343CD@card@ (6344(( e6345NNe )6346)) 's6347VBZbe requirement6348NNrequirement that6349IN/thatthat settlements6350NNSsettlement be6351VBbe fair6352JJfair ,6353,, reasonable6354JJreasonable ,6355,, and6356CCand adequate6357JJadequate does6358NNSdoe impose6359VVimpose significant6360JJsignificant constraints6361NNSconstraint ,6362,, which6363WDTwhich is6364VBZbe why6365WRBwhy I6366PPI think6367VVPthink these6368DTthese settlements6369NNSsettlement are6370VBPbe rare6371JJrare .6372SENT. Maybe6373RBmaybe I6374PPI 'll6375MDwill just6376RBjust say6377VVsay ...6378:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6379LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Is6380VBZbe there6381RBthere ...6382:... [MR. PINCUS]6383LOC[MR. PINCUS] ...6384:... something6385NNsomething about6386INabout standing6387VVGstand because6388INbecause someone6389NNsomeone 's6390VBZbe probably6391RBprobably going6392VVGgo to6393TOto ask6394VVask about6395INabout it6396PPit .6397SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6398LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well6399UHwell ,6400,, go6401VVgo ahead6402RBahead and6403CCand speak6404VVspeak to6405TOto the6406DTthe standing6407NNstanding .6408SENT. [6409SYM[ LAUGHTER6410NNlaughter ]6411SYM] [MR. PINCUS]6412LOC[MR. PINCUS] We6413PPwe agree6414VVPagree with6415INwith the6416DTthe government6417NNgovernment that6418IN/thatthat there6419EXthere 's6420VBZbe a6421DTa serious6422JJserious question6423NNquestion about6424RBabout whether6425INwhether this6426DTthis action6427NNaction was6428VBDbe ever6429RBever properly6430RBproperly in6431INin federal6432JJfederal court6433NNcourt and6434CCand that6435IN/thatthat the6436DTthe standing6437NNstanding issue6438NNissue has6439VHZhave to6440TOto be6441VBbe addressed6442VVNaddress before6443INbefore the6444DTthe court6445NNcourt could6446MDcould determine6447VVdetermine the6448DTthe questions6449NNSquestion presented6450VVDpresent .6451SENT. So6452RBso that6453IN/thatthat means6454NNSmean either6455CCeither the6456DTthe case6457NNcase should6458MDshould be6459VBbe dismissed6460VVNdismiss as6461INas improvidently6462RBimprovidently granted6463VVNgrant ,6464,, there6465EXthere should6466MDshould be6467VBbe remand6468NNremand ,6469,, or6470CCor the6471DTthe Court6472NPCourt should6473MDshould decide6474VVdecide the6475DTthe question6476NNquestion .6477SENT. I6478PPI think6479VVPthink the6480DTthe question6481NNquestion is6482VBZbe complicated6483VVNcomplicate under6484INunder Spokeo6485NPSpokeo .6486SENT. Mr6487NPMr .6488SENT. Italiano6489NPItaliano was6490VBDbe the6491DTthe only6492JJonly plaintiff6493NNplaintiff whose6494WP$whose claims6495NNSclaim were6496VBDbe n't6497RBn't addressed6498VVNaddress by6499INby the6500DTthe district6501NNdistrict court6502NNcourt .6503SENT. In6504RBin ...6505:... in6506INin order6507NNorder for6508INfor his6509PP$his claim6510NNclaim ...6511:... for6512INfor him6513PPhim to6514TOto have6515VHhave a6516DTa sufficient6517JJsufficient allegation6518NNallegation of6519INof injury6520NNinjury ,6521,, we6522PPwe think6523VVPthink it6524PPit depends6525VVZdepend on6526INon this6527DTthis re-identification6528NNre-identification theory6529NNtheory ,6530,, as6531INas General6532NPGeneral Wall6533NPWall indicated6534VVDindicate .6535SENT. And6536CCand the6537DTthe complaint6538NNcomplaint in6539INin paragraphs6540NNSparagraph 886541CD@card@ and6542CCand does6543VVZdo n't6544RBn't allege6545VVallege ...6546:... for6547INfor re-identification6548NNre-identification to6549TOto happen6550VVhappen ,6551,, a6552DTa website6553NNwebsite operator6554NNoperator has6555VHZhave to6556TOto get6557VVget more6558JJRmore than6559INthan one6560CDone search6561NNsearch ,6562,, because6563INbecause the6564DTthe whole6565JJwhole idea6566NNidea is6567VBZbe you6568PPyou put6569VVPput the6570DTthe searches6571NNSsearch together6572RBtogether to6573TOto figure6574VVfigure out6575RPout who6576WPwho 's6577VBZbe making6578VVGmake them6579PPthem .6580SENT. There6581EXthere 's6582VBZbe no6583DTno allegation6584NNallegation here6585RBhere that6586IN/thatthat Mr6587NPMr .6588SENT. Italiano6589NPItaliano for6590INfor his6591PP$his searches6592NNSsearch clicked6593VVNclick on6594INon the6595DTthe same6596JJsame website6597NNwebsite ,6598,, and6599CCand ,6600,, therefore6601RBtherefore ,6602,, there6603EXthere 's6604VBZbe really6605RBreally no6606DTno way6607NNway that6608IN/thatthat the6609DTthe re-identification6610NNre-identification could6611MDcould take6612VVtake place6613NNplace .6614SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]6615LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] What6616WPWhat does6617VVZdo ...6618:... what6619WPwhat does6620VVZdo Google6621NPGoogle admit6622VVadmit it6623PPit discloses6624VVZdisclose to6625TOto third-parties6626NNSthird-parties ?6627SENT? I6628PPI do6629VVPdo n't6630RBn't know6631VVknow .6632SENT. All6633DTall of6634INof us6635PPus have6636VHPhave probably6637RBprobably done6638VVNdo searches6639NNSsearch .6640SENT. If6641INif I6642PPI do6643VVPdo a6644DTa search6645NNsearch and6646CCand search6647NNsearch for6648INfor men6649NNSman 's6650POS's shoes6651NNSshoe ,6652,, I6653PPI will6654MDwill immediately6655RBimmediately get6656VVget all6657DTall sorts6658NNSsort of6659INof advertisements6660NNSadvertisement for6661INfor men6662NNSman 's6663POS's shoes6664NNSshoe or6665CCor whatever6666WDTwhatever other6667JJother product6668NNproduct I6669PPI am6670VBPbe searching6671VVGsearch for6672INfor .6673SENT. So6674RBso what6675WPwhat do6676VVPdo you6677PPyou admit6678VVPadmit that6679IN/thatthat you6680PPyou disclose6681VVdisclose ?6682SENT? [MR. PINCUS]6683LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well6684UHWell ,6685,, the6686DTthe issue6687NNissue here6688RBhere is6689VBZbe ...6690:... is6691VBZbe there6692EXthere were6693VBDbe ...6694:... there6695EXthere are6696VBPbe ...6697:... there6698EXthere are6699VBPbe lots6700NNSlot of6701INof cookies6702NNScookie and6703CCand other6704JJother things6705NNSthing that6706RBthat ...6707:... that6708WDTthat generate6709VVPgenerate the6710DTthe ...6711:... the6712DTthe serving6713VVGserve up6714RPup of6715INof ads6716NNSad to6717TOto your6718PP$your particular6719JJparticular computer6720NNcomputer .6721SENT. The6722DTthe question6723NNquestion here6724RBhere is6725VBZbe the6726DTthe referrer6727NNreferrer header6728NNheader ,6729,, which6730WDTwhich is6731VBZbe that6732IN/thatthat the6733DTthe search6734NNsearch terms6735NNSterm ...6736:... when6737WRBwhen you6738PPyou ...6739:... when6740WRBwhen you6741PPyou conduct6742VVPconduct a6743DTa search6744NNsearch ,6745,, you6746PPyou get6747VVPget a6748DTa list6749NNlist of6750INof websites6751NNSwebsites .6752SENT. When6753WRBwhen you6754PPyou click6755VVPclick on6756INon one6757CDone of6758INof those6759DTthose sites6760NNSsite ,6761,, that6762DTthat site6763NNsite gets6764VVZget your6765PP$your search6766NNsearch .6767SENT. That6768DTthat 's6769VBZbe the6770DTthe issue6771NNissue here6772RBhere .6773SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]6774LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] And6775CCand could6776MDcould ...6777:... [JUSTICE ALITO]6778LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] And6779CCand that6780DTthat 's6781VBZbe not6782RBnot a6783DTa harm6784NNharm ,6785,, that6786WDTthat is6787VBZbe n't6788RBn't a6789DTa harm6790NNharm ...6791:... [MR. PINCUS]6792LOC[MR. PINCUS] I6793PPI ...6794:... I6795PPI do6796VVPdo n't6797RBn't think6798VVthink ...6799:... [JUSTICE ALITO]6800LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] ...6801:... to6802TOto disclose6803VVdisclose that6804DTthat ?6805SENT? [MR. PINCUS]6806LOC[MR. PINCUS] ...6807:... I6808PPI do6809VVPdo n't6810RBn't think6811VVthink that6812IN/thatthat the6813DTthe mere6814JJmere disclosure6815NNdisclosure of6816INof a6817DTa search6818NNsearch without6819INwithout more6820JJRmore ,6821,, your6822PP$your men6823NNSman 's6824POS's shoes6825NNSshoe search6826NNsearch ,6827,, is6828VBZbe not6829RBnot a6830DTa harm6831NNharm because6832INbecause there6833EXthere 's6834VBZbe no6835DTno disclosure6836NNdisclosure that6837IN/thatthat you6838PPyou 're6839VBPbe making6840VVGmake the6841DTthe search6842NNsearch .6843SENT. There6844EXthere 's6845VBZbe a6846DTa disclosure6847NNdisclosure that6848IN/thatthat somebody6849NNsomebody searched6850VVDsearch for6851INfor men6852NNSman 's6853POS's shoes6854NNSshoe .6855SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]6856LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] And6857CCand could6858MDcould you6859PPyou ...6860:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6861LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Based6862VVNbase on6863INon ...6864:... based6865VVNbase on6866INon ...6867:... based6868VVNbase on6869INon what6870WPwhat Justice6871NPJustice Alito6872NPAlito typed6873VVDtype in6874INin ,6875,, right6876RBright ,6877,, someone6878NNsomeone searched6879VVDsearch for6880INfor men6881NNSman 's6882POS's shoes6883NNSshoe ?6884SENT? [MR. PINCUS]6885LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well6886UHWell ,6887,, yes6888UHyes ,6889,, but6890CCbut not6891RBnot that6892IN/thatthat Justice6893NPJustice Alito6894NPAlito ...6895:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6896LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well6897UHWell ,6898,, that6899WDTthat 's6900VBZbe kind6901NNkind of6902INof revelatory6903JJrevelatory of6904INof private6905JJprivate information6906NNinformation .6907SENT. [MR. PINCUS]6908LOC[MR. PINCUS] But6909CCbut ...6910:... but6911CCbut not6912RBnot that6913IN/thatthat Justice6914NPJustice Alito6915NPAlito searched6916VVDsearch for6917INfor men6918NNSman 's6919POS's shoes6920NNSshoe .6921SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]6922LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] But6923CCbut my6924PP$my IP6925NPIP address6926NNaddress was6927VBDbe ...6928:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]6929LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I6930PPI 'm6931VBPbe not6932RBnot ...6933:... I6934PPI 'm6935VBPbe not6936RBnot sure6937JJsure how6938WRBhow not6939RBnot .6940SENT. [MR. PINCUS]6941LOC[MR. PINCUS] Excuse6942NNexcuse me6943PPme ?6944SENT? [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]6945LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] The6946NPThe ...6947:... the6948DTthe ...6949:... I6950PPI 'm6951VBPbe not6952RBnot sure6953JJsure how6954WRBhow not6955RBnot .6956SENT. The6957DTthe reverse-engineering6958VVGreverse-engineer is6959VBZbe self-evident6960JJself-evident because6961INbecause he6962PPhe is6963VBZbe receiving6964VVGreceive the6965DTthe men6966NNSman 's6967POS's shoes6968NNSshoe advertising6969NNadvertising .6970SENT. So6971RBso somehow6972RBsomehow something6973NNsomething he6974PPhe 's6975VBZbe doing6976VVGdo is6977VBZbe identifying6978VVGidentify his6979PP$his website6980NNwebsite .6981SENT. And6982CCand given6983VVNgive that6984IN/thatthat I6985PPI went6986VVDgo into6987INinto a6988DTa store6989NNstore not6990RBnot long6991RBlong ago6992RBago ,6993,, and6994CCand without6995INwithout giving6996VVGgive them6997PPthem anything6998NNanything except6999INexcept my7000PP$my credit7001NNcredit card7002NNcard ,7003,, they7004PPthey came7005VVDcome back7006RBback with7007INwith my7008PP$my website7009NNwebsite ,7010,, I7011PPI ...7012:... it7013PPit seems7014VVZseem ...7015:... [MR. PINCUS]7016LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well7017UHwell ,7018,, there7019EXthere are7020VBPbe ...7021:... there7022EXthere are7023VBPbe lots7024NNSlot of7025INof ways7026NNSway that7027IN/thatthat information7028NNinformation is7029VBZbe disclosed7030VVNdisclose that7031DTthat do7032VVPdo n't7033RBn't have7034VHhave to7035TOto do7036VVdo with7037INwith the7038DTthe referrer7039NNreferrer header7040NNheader .7041SENT. Again7042RBagain ,7043,, we7044PPwe 're7045VBPbe talking7046VVGtalk about7047INabout the7048DTthe referrer7049NNreferrer header7050NNheader here7051RBhere .7052SENT. 237053RB@card@ There7054EXthere are7055VBPbe lots7056NNSlot of7057INof other7058JJother ...7059:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7060LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] But7061CCbut you7062PPyou 've7063VHPhave ...7064:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]7065LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Oh7066UHoh ,7067,, I7068PPI see7069VVPsee what7070WPwhat you7071PPyou mean7072VVPmean .7073SENT. [MR. PINCUS]7074LOC[MR. PINCUS] ...7075:... the7076DTthe placement7077NNplacement of7078INof cookies7079NNScookie in7080INin your7081PP$your browser7082NNbrowser and7083CCand other7084JJother ...7085:... other7086JJother ways7087NNSway that7088RBthat ...7089:... that7090IN/thatthat you7091PPyou may7092MDmay be7093VBbe served7094VVNserve ads7095NNSad based7096VVNbase on7097INon your7098PP$your searches7099NNSsearch ...7100:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7101LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] And7102CCand ...7103:... [MR. PINCUS]7104LOC[MR. PINCUS] That7105DTthat 's7106VBZbe not7107RBnot the7108DTthe claim7109NNclaim in7110INin this7111DTthis case7112NNcase .7113SENT. The7114DTthe claim7115NNclaim in7116INin this7117DTthis case7118NNcase ...7119:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7120LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] But7121CCbut do7122VVPdo you7123PPyou think7124VVPthink that7125IN/thatthat problem7126NNproblem is7127VBZbe going7128VVGgo to7129TOto be7130VBbe meaningfully7131RBmeaningfully redressed7132VVNredress by7133INby giving7134VVGgive money7135NNmoney to7136TOto AARP7137NPAARP ?7138SENT? [MR. PINCUS]7139LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well7140UHWell ,7141,, I7142PPI ...7143:... I7144PPI ...7145:... I7146PPI think7147VVPthink the7148DTthe question7149NNquestion is7150VBZbe ...7151:... [7152SYM[ LAUGHTER7153NNlaughter ]7154SYM] [MR. PINCUS]7155LOC[MR. PINCUS] I7156PPI think7157VVPthink ...7158:... I7159PPI think7160VVPthink it7161PPit is7162VBZbe because7163INbecause I7164PPI ...7165:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7166LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] As7167INas if7168INif only7169JJonly ...7170:... as7171RBas if7172INif this7173DTthis is7174VBZbe only7175RBonly a7176DTa problem7177NNproblem for7178INfor elderly7179JJelderly people7180NNSpeople ?7181SENT? [7182SYM[ LAUGHTER7183NNlaughter ]7184SYM] [MR. PINCUS]7185LOC[MR. PINCUS] No7186NPNo ,7187,, but7188CCbut AARP7189NPAARP is7190VBZbe not7191RBnot the7192DTthe only7193RBonly recipient7194JJrecipient and7195CCand elderly7196JJelderly people7197NNSpeople are7198VBPbe particularly7199RBparticularly ...7200:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7201LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] No7202NPNo ,7203,, well7204RBwell ,7205,, you7206PPyou 're7207VBPbe changing7208VVGchange the7209DTthe subject7210NNsubject ,7211,, Mr7212NPMr .7213SENT. Pincus7214NPPincus .7215SENT. AARP7216NPAARP is7217VBZbe one7218CDone of7219INof the7220DTthe recipients7221NNSrecipient .7222SENT. [MR. PINCUS]7223LOC[MR. PINCUS] It7224PPit is7225VBZbe .7226SENT. And7227CCand I7228PPI think7229VVPthink one7230PPone of7231INof the7232DTthe questions7233NNSquestion that7234IN/thatthat a7235DTa district7236NNdistrict court7237NNcourt has7238VHZhave to7239TOto ask7240VVask is7241VBZbe the7242DTthe fit7243NNfit between7244INbetween the7245DTthe recipients7246NNSrecipient and7247CCand the7248DTthe harm7249NNharm alleged7250VVNallege in7251INin the7252DTthe complaint7253NNcomplaint and7254CCand the7255DTthe plaintiff7256NNplaintiff class7257NNclass .7258SENT. Here7259RBhere ,7260,, the7261DTthe plaintiff7262NNplaintiff class7263NNclass was7264VBDbe everyone7265NNeveryone who7266WPwho used7267VVDuse Google7268NPGoogle in7269INin a7270DTa ...7271:... in7272INin a7273DTa very7274RBvery long7275JJlong period7276NNperiod ,7277,, million7278CDmillion people7279NNSpeople ,7280,, basically7281RBbasically everyone7282NNeveryone on7283INon the7284DTthe Internet7285NNInternet in7286INin America7287NPAmerica .7288SENT. It7289PPit is7290VBZbe a7291DTa fact7292NNfact that7293IN/thatthat elderly7294JJelderly people7295NNSpeople are7296VBPbe less7297RBRless knowledgeable7298JJknowledgeable about7299INabout privacy7300NNprivacy and7301CCand their7302PP$their vulnerability7303NNvulnerability on7304INon the7305DTthe Internet7306NNInternet than7307INthan other7308JJother people7309NNSpeople .7310SENT. And7311CCand so7312RBso having7313VHGhave part7314NNpart of7315INof the7316DTthe award7317NNaward be7318VBbe designated7319VVNdesignate to7320TOto ...7321:... for7322INfor that7323DTthat group7324NNgroup we7325PPwe think7326VVPthink meets7327NNSmeet that7328WDTthat fit7329VVPfit test7330NNtest .7331SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]7332LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Especially7333RBespecially when7334WRBwhen you7335PPyou use7336VVPuse a7337DTa ...7338:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7339LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Including7340VVGinclude a7341DTa group7342NNgroup that7343WDTthat engages7344VVZengage in7345INin ...7346:... engages7347VVZengage in7348INin political7349JJpolitical activity7350NNactivity ,7351,, having7352VHGhave nothing7353NNnothing to7354TOto do7355VVdo with7356INwith the7357DTthe inability7358NNinability of7359INof elderly7360JJelderly people7361NNSpeople to7362TOto conduct7363VVconduct searches7364NNSsearch ?7365SENT? [MR. PINCUS]7366LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well7367UHWell ,7368,, this7369DTthis grant7370NNgrant had7371VHDhave nothing7372NNnothing to7373TOto do7374VVdo with7375INwith political7376JJpolitical activity7377NNactivity .7378SENT. That7379DTthat AARP7380NPAARP ,7381,, like7382INlike the7383DTthe other7384JJother recipients7385NNSrecipient ,7386,, had7387VHDhave to7388TOto submit7389VVsubmit a7390DTa proposal7391NNproposal ,7392,, and7393CCand the7394DTthe money7395NNmoney was7396VBDbe specifically7397RBspecifically for7398INfor that7399DTthat proposal7400NNproposal .7401SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]7402LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] May7403MDmay I7404PPI go7405VVgo back7406RBback ,7407,, Mr7408NPMr .7409SENT. Pincus7410NPPincus ?7411SENT? You7412PPyou ...7413:... you7414PPyou talked7415VVDtalk about7416INabout the7417DTthe re-identification7418NNre-identification theory7419NNtheory ,7420,, and7421CCand I7422PPI 'm7423VBPbe not7424RBnot quite7425RBquite sure7426JJsure I7427PPI understand7428VVPunderstand it7429PPit .7430SENT. So7431RBso could7432MDcould you7433PPyou tell7434VVtell me7435PPme the7436DTthe technology7437NNtechnology that7438IN/thatthat I7439PPI need7440VVPneed to7441TOto know7442VVknow to7443TOto understand7444VVunderstand it7445PPit and7446CCand what7447WPwhat plaintiffs7448NNSplaintiff would7449MDwould have7450VHhave to7451TOto show7452VVshow to7453TOto prove7454VVprove their7455PP$their own7456JJown theory7457NNtheory of7458INof harm7459NNharm ?7460SENT? [MR. PINCUS]7461LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well7462UHwell ,7463,, I7464PPI think7465VVPthink this7466DTthis is7467VBZbe one7468CDone of7469INof the7470DTthe reasons7471NNSreason why7472WRBwhy more7473JJRmore information7474NNinformation ,7475,, either7476CCeither re-briefing7477VVGre-briefing here7478RBhere or7479CCor a7480DTa remand7481NNremand is7482VBZbe necessary7483JJnecessary ,7484,, but7485CCbut what7486WPwhat would7487MDwould have7488VHhave to7489TOto be7490VBbe alleged7491VVNallege would7492MDwould be7493VBbe that7494DTthat enough7495JJenough referrer7496NNreferrer headers7497NNSheader went7498VVDgo to7499TOto a7500DTa single7501JJsingle website7502NNwebsite operator7503NNoperator that7504IN/thatthat that7505DTthat website7506NNwebsite operator7507NNoperator could7508MDcould combine7509VVcombine them7510PPthem and7511CCand say7512VVPsay :7513:: A-ha7514NPA-ha ,7515,, I7516PPI can7517MDcan now7518RBnow figure7519VVfigure out7520RPout that7521IN/thatthat this7522DTthis is7523VBZbe the7524DTthe person7525NNperson who7526WPwho made7527VVDmake the7528DTthe search7529NNsearch and7530CCand tie7531VVtie the7532DTthe search7533NNsearch terms7534NNSterm to7535TOto that7536DTthat person7537NNperson .7538SENT. I7539PPI 'm7540VBPbe not7541RBnot sure7542JJsure that7543IN/thatthat would7544MDwould be7545VBbe enough7546JJenough .7547SENT. The7548DTthe restatement7549NNrestatement section7550NNsection ,7551,, 6527552CD@card@ (7553(( h7554NNh )7555)) ,7556,, seems7557VVZseem to7558TOto indicate7559VVindicate that7560IN/thatthat actual7561JJactual imminent7562JJimminent damages7563NNSdamage are7564VBPbe required7565VVNrequire for7566INfor privacy7567NNprivacy violations7568NNSviolation .7569SENT. In7570INin other7571JJother words7572NNSword ,7573,, the7574DTthe ...7575:... the7576DTthe mere7577JJmere revelation7578NNrevelation of7579INof facts7580NNSfact at7581INat ...7582:... at7583INat common7584JJcommon law7585NNlaw in7586INin 19507587CD@card@ ...7588:... in7589INin the7590DTthe 1960s7591NNS1960s was7592VBDbe not7593RBnot enough7594RBenough ,7595,, let7596VVlet alone7597RBalone in7598INin 17877599CD@card@ .7600SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7601LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But7602CCbut that7603DTthat 's7604VBZbe a7605DTa merits7606NNSmerit question7607VVPquestion .7608SENT. That7609DTthat ...7610:... I7611PPI mean7612VVPmean ,7613,, that7614WDTthat goes7615VVZgo to7616TOto the7617DTthe merits7618NNSmerit of7619INof the7620DTthe tort7621NNtort .7622SENT. [MR. PINCUS]7623LOC[MR. PINCUS] I7624PPI do7625VVPdo n't7626RBn't think7627VVthink so7628RBso ,7629,, Your7630PP$your Honor7631NPHonor .7632SENT. I7633PPI think7634VVPthink ...7635:... I7636PPI think7637VVPthink that7638DTthat 's7639VBZbe a7640DTa question7641NNquestion ...7642:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7643LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] We7644PPwe 're7645VBPbe just7646RBjust talking7647VVGtalk about7648INabout harm7649NNharm ,7650,, and7651CCand you7652PPyou do7653VVPdo n't7654RBn't have7655VHhave a7656DTa mini-trial7657NNmini-trial on7658INon whether7659INwhether the7660DTthe harm7661NNharm ,7662,, sufficient7663JJsufficient for7664INfor standing7665NNstanding ,7666,, is7667VBZbe proved7668VVNprove .7669SENT. [MR. PINCUS]7670LOC[MR. PINCUS] I7671PPI think7672VVPthink that7673DTthat ...7674:... that7675IN/thatthat standing7676VVGstand ...7677:... there7678EXthere are7679VBPbe two7680CDtwo ways7681NNSway that7682DTthat standing7683NNstanding can7684MDcan be7685VBbe contested7686VVNcontest by7687INby a7688DTa defendant7689NNdefendant .7690SENT. One7691PPone is7692VBZbe based7693VVNbase on7694INon the7695DTthe allegations7696NNSallegation of7697INof the7698DTthe complaint7699NNcomplaint ,7700,, whether7701INwhether they7702PPthey 're7703VBPbe sufficient7704JJsufficient .7705SENT. And7706CCand the7707DTthe second7708NNsecond is7709VBZbe whether7710INwhether the7711DTthe allegations7712NNSallegation of7713INof the7714DTthe complaint7715NNcomplaint are7716VBPbe ,7717,, in7718INin fact7719NNfact ,7720,, backed7721VVNback up7722RPup by7723INby real7724JJreal facts7725NNSfact .7726SENT. Both7727CCboth of7728INof those7729DTthose are7730VBPbe preliminary7731JJpreliminary inquiries7732NNSinquiry at7733INat the7734DTthe standing7735NNstanding stage7736NNstage .7737SENT. In7738INin this7739DTthis case7740NNcase ,7741,, Google7742NPGoogle filed7743VVDfile a7744DTa motion7745NNmotion to7746TOto dismiss7747VVdismiss Mr7748NPMr .7749SENT. Italiano7750NPItaliano 's7751POS's claim7752NNclaim when7753WRBwhen the7754DTthe ...7755:... when7756WRBwhen the7757DTthe final7758JJfinal consolidated7759JJconsolidated complaint7760NNcomplaint was7761VBDbe filed7762VVNfile .7763SENT. The7764DTthe district7765NNdistrict court7766NNcourt did7767VVDdo n't7768RBn't act7769VVact on7770INon that7771DTthat motion7772NNmotion .7773SENT. But7774CCbut I7775PPI think7776VVPthink the7777DTthe question7778NNquestion whether7779INwhether ...7780:... the7781DTthe Spokeo7782NPSpokeo question7783NNquestion ,7784,, whether7785INwhether there7786EXthere 's7787VBZbe concrete7788JJconcrete harm7789NNharm ,7790,, has7791VHZhave two7792CDtwo components7793NNScomponent .7794SENT. One7795PPone is7796VBZbe ,7797,, is7798VBZbe it7799PPit ...7800:... is7801VBZbe it7802PPit the7803DTthe kind7804NNkind of7805INof harm7806NNharm that7807WDTthat 's7808VBZbe generally7809RBgenerally recognized7810VVNrecognize ?7811SENT? And7812CCand then7813RBthen ,7814,, if7815INif it7816PPit 's7817VBZbe not7818RBnot ,7819,, the7820DTthe question7821NNquestion is7822VBZbe ,7823,, is7824VBZbe it7825PPit an7826DTan intangible7827JJintangible harm7828NNharm that7829IN/thatthat because7830INbecause of7831INof its7832PP$its recognition7833NNrecognition at7834INat the7835DTthe common7836JJcommon law7837NNlaw or7838CCor because7839INbecause of7840INof what7841WPwhat Congress7842NPCongress may7843MDmay have7844VHhave elevated7845VVNelevate makes7846VVZmake it7847PPit a7848DTa harm7849NNharm that7850WDTthat 's7851VBZbe actionable7852JJactionable ?7853SENT? And7854CCand I7855PPI think7856VVPthink ,7857,, under7858INunder the7859DTthe Stored7860VVNstore Communications7861NPCommunications Act7862NPAct ,7863,, there7864EXthere 's7865VBZbe a7866DTa real7867JJreal question7868NNquestion .7869SENT. It7870PPit 's7871VBZbe an7872DTan Act7873NNact that7874IN/thatthat both7875DTboth requires7876VVZrequire that7877IN/thatthat a7878DTa plaintiff7879NNplaintiff be7880VBbe aggrieved7881VVNaggrieve and7882CCand it7883PPit 's7884VBZbe an7885DTan Act7886NNact that7887IN/thatthat two7888CDtwo circuits7889NNScircuit have7890VHPhave said7891VVNsay requires7892VVZrequire proof7893NNproof of7894INof actual7895JJactual damages7896NNSdamage to7897TOto recover7898VVrecover .7899SENT. And7900CCand so7901RBso there7902RBthere ...7903:... I7904PPI think7905VVPthink there7906EXthere 's7907VBZbe a7908DTa very7909RBvery significant7910JJsignificant question7911NNquestion about7912RBabout whether7913INwhether that7914IN/thatthat Act7915NPAct could7916MDcould be7917VBbe said7918VVNsay by7919INby ...7920:... to7921TOto ...7922:... that7923IN/thatthat in7924INin that7925DTthat Act7926NPAct ,7927,, Congress7928NPCongress could7929MDcould have7930VHhave been7931VBNbe said7932VVNsay to7933TOto elevate7934VVelevate that7935DTthat harm7936NNharm .7937SENT. But7938CCbut ...7939:... [JUSTICE BREYER]7940LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Would7941MDwould the7942DTthe following7943NNfollowing make7944VVmake sense7945NNsense if7946INif we7947PPwe get7948VVPget to7949TOto the7950DTthe merits7951NNSmerit ?7952SENT? Professor7953NPProfessor Rubenstein7954NPRubenstein 's7955POS's brief7956NNbrief ...7957:... I7958PPI 'm7959VBPbe referring7960VVGrefer to7961TOto that7962DTthat ,7963,, interesting7964JJinteresting .7965SENT. Could7966MDcould we7967PPwe say7968VVsay something7969NNsomething like7970INlike this7971DTthis :7972:: Where7973WRBwhere the7974DTthe actual7975JJactual plaintiffs7976NNSplaintiff receive7977VVPreceive something7978NNsomething significant7979JJsignificant so7980INso there7981EXthere were7982VBDbe ...7983:... then7984RBthen quite7985RBquite often7986RBoften there7987EXthere is7988VBZbe money7989NNmoney left7990VVNleave over7991RPover ,7992,, a7993DTa little7994JJlittle bit7995NNbit ,7996,, some7997RBsome or7998CCor sometimes7999RBsometimes more8000RBRmore .8001SENT. But8002CCbut where8003WRBwhere ...8004:... and8005CCand in8006INin those8007DTthose circumstances8008NNScircumstance ,8009,, you8010PPyou apply8011VVPapply the8012DTthe ALI8013NPAli four-step8014NNfour-step thing8015NNthing and8016CCand just8017RBjust do8018VVPdo it8019PPit and8020CCand be8021VBbe sure8022JJsure it8023PPit 's8024VBZbe done8025VVNdo .8026SENT. But8027CCbut where8028WRBwhere they8029PPthey get8030VVPget nothing8031NNnothing ,8032,, under8033INunder those8034DTthose circumstances8035NNScircumstance ,8036,, while8037INwhile we8038PPwe would8039MDwould n't8040RBn't say8041VVsay never8042RBnever ,8043,, what8044WPwhat 's8045VBZbe happening8046VVGhappen in8047INin reality8048NNreality is8049VBZbe the8050DTthe lawyers8051NNSlawyer are8052VBPbe getting8053VVGget paid8054VVNpay and8055CCand they8056PPthey 're8057VBPbe making8058VVGmake sometimes8059RBsometimes quite8060RBquite a8061DTa lot8062NNlot of8063INof money8064NNmoney for8065INfor really8066RBreally transferring8067VVGtransfer money8068NNmoney from8069INfrom the8070DTthe defendant8071NNdefendant to8072TOto people8073NNSpeople who8074WPwho have8075VHPhave nothing8076NNnothing to8077TOto do8078VVdo with8079INwith it8080PPit .8081SENT. And8082CCand under8083INunder those8084DTthose circumstances8085NNScircumstance ,8086,, scrutinize8087VVscrutinize very8088RBvery carefully8089RBcarefully to8090TOto see8091VVsee that8092IN/thatthat the8093DTthe four8094CDfour standards8095NNSstandard are8096VBPbe met8097VVNmeet .8098SENT. [MR. PINCUS]8099LOC[MR. PINCUS] I8100PPI think8101VVPthink there8102EXthere should8103MDshould be8104VBbe careful8105JJcareful scrutiny8106NNscrutiny .8107SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]8108LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Yeah8109NPYeah ,8110,, but8111CCbut ,8112,, I8113PPI mean8114VVPmean ...8115:... [MR. PINCUS]8116LOC[MR. PINCUS] I8117PPI think8118VVPthink ...8119:... [JUSTICE BREYER]8120LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] ...8121:... you8122PPyou heard8123VVDhear ...8124:... I8125PPI was8126VBDbe trying8127VVGtry to8128TOto make8129VVmake up8130RPup a8131DTa ...8132:... [MR. PINCUS]8133LOC[MR. PINCUS] Yes8134NPYes .8135SENT. I8136PPI think8137VVPthink ...8138:... I8139PPI think8140VVPthink in8141INin ...8142:... there8143EXthere 's8144VBZbe a8145DTa great8146JJgreat difference8147NNdifference between8148INbetween most8149JJSmost of8150INof the8151DTthe cases8152NNScase that8153IN/thatthat Mr8154NPMr .8155SENT. Frank8156NPFrank relies8157VVZrely on8158INon ,8159,, which8160WDTwhich are8161VBPbe cases8162NNScase where8163WRBwhere claimants8164NNSclaimant have8165VHPhave been8166VBNbe identified8167VVNidentify and8168CCand there8169EXthere is8170VBZbe nonetheless8171RBnonetheless a8172DTa separate8173JJseparate multimillion-dollar8174JJmultimillion-dollar cy8175NNcy pres8176NNSpres payment8177NNpayment .8178SENT. That8179DTthat 's8180VBZbe a8181DTa very8182RBvery different8183JJdifferent case8184NNcase because8185INbecause you8186PPyou do8187VVPdo n't8188RBn't have8189VHhave the8190DTthe question8191NNquestion of8192INof the8193DTthe costs8194NNScost of8195INof identifying8196VVGidentify the8197DTthe plaintiffs8198NNSplaintiff .8199SENT. In8200INin this8201DTthis kind8202NNkind of8203INof case8204NNcase ,8205,, where8206WRBwhere the8207DTthe question8208NNquestion at8209INat the8210DTthe outset8211NNoutset is8212VBZbe ,8213,, is8214VBZbe it8215PPit worth8216JJworth the8217DTthe candle8218NNcandle to8219TOto try8220VVtry and8221CCand identify8222VVidentify the8223DTthe claimants8224NNSclaimant because8225INbecause you8226PPyou have8227VHPhave a8228DTa very8229RBvery large8230JJlarge class8231NNclass and8232CCand a8233DTa very8234RBvery small8235JJsmall settlement8236NNsettlement ,8237,, there8238EXthere should8239MDshould be8240VBbe close8241JJclose scrutiny8242NNscrutiny and8243CCand a8244DTa three-part8245JJthree-part test8246NNtest .8247SENT. One8248PPone is8249VBZbe feasibility8250NNfeasibility .8251SENT. Is8252VBZbe the8253DTthe amount8254NNamount that8255IN/thatthat the8256DTthe class8257NNclass members8258NNSmember are8259VBPbe likely8260JJlikely to8261TOto receive8262VVreceive after8263INafter administrative8264JJadministrative costs8265NNScost ,8266,, taking8267VVGtake into8268INinto account8269NNaccount what8270WPwhat the8271DTthe claiming8272VVGclaim rate8273NNrate may8274MDmay be8275VBbe ,8276,, so8277RBso small8278JJsmall that8279IN/thatthat the8280DTthe benefit8281NNbenefit of8282INof that8283DTthat payment8284NNpayment to8285TOto a8286DTa class8287NNclass member8288NNmember is8289VBZbe outweighed8290VVNoutweigh by8291INby the8292DTthe indirect8293JJindirect benefit8294NNbenefit from8295INfrom the8296DTthe third-party8297JJthird-party 's8298POS's activity8299NNactivity ?8300SENT? I8301PPI think8302VVPthink that8303DTthat 's8304VBZbe a8305DTa ...8306:... a8307DTa tough8308JJtough test8309NNtest .8310SENT. The8311DTthe district8312NNdistrict court8313NNcourt needs8314VVZneed discretion8315NNdiscretion because8316INbecause there8317EXthere are8318VBPbe two8319CDtwo unknowns8320NNSunknown :8321:: What8322WPWhat will8323MDwill the8324DTthe administrative8325JJadministrative costs8326NNScost actually8327RBactually be8328VBbe of8329INof distributing8330VVGdistribute the8331DTthe money8332NNmoney ?8333SENT? And8334CCand ,8335,, two8336CDtwo ,8337,, how8338WRBhow many8339JJmany class8340NNclass members8341NNSmember will8342MDwill claim8343VVclaim ?8344SENT? But8345CCbut that8346DTthat 's8347VBZbe the8348DTthe question8349NNquestion the8350DTthe district8351NNdistrict court8352NNcourt should8353MDshould ask8354VVask .8355SENT. Second8356RBsecond ,8357,, the8358DTthe district8359NNdistrict court8360NNcourt should8361MDshould look8362VVlook at8363INat the8364DTthe link8365NNlink between8366INbetween the8367DTthe harm8368NNharm ...8369:... the8370DTthe claimed8371VVNclaim injury8372NNinjury and8373CCand the8374DTthe recipients8375NNSrecipient .8376SENT. We8377PPwe do8378VVPdo n't8379RBn't agree8380VVagree with8381INwith General8382NPGeneral Wall8383NPWall that8384IN/thatthat there8385EXthere 's8386VBZbe a8387DTa redressability8388NNredressability issue8389NNissue here8390RBhere .8391SENT. This8392DTthis is8393VBZbe a8394DTa settlement8395NNsettlement .8396SENT. Settlements8397NNSsettlement between8398INbetween individual8399JJindividual parties8400NNSparty are8401VBPbe not8402RBnot limited8403VVNlimit to8404TOto things8405NNSthing that8406WDTthat would8407MDwould be8408VBbe awardable8409JJawardable under8410INunder the8411DTthe statute8412NNstatute .8413SENT. But8414CCbut ,8415,, for8416INfor the8417DTthe test8418NNtest to8419TOto be8420VBbe satisfied8421VVNsatisfy ,8422,, we8423PPwe think8424VVPthink the8425DTthe funds8426NNSfund have8427VHPhave to8428TOto be8429VBbe used8430VVNuse for8431INfor a8432DTa purpose8433NNpurpose that8434WDTthat will8435MDwill benefit8436VVbenefit the8437DTthe class8438NNclass members8439NNSmember and8440CCand address8441NNaddress injuries8442NNSinjury similar8443JJsimilar to8444TOto those8445DTthose that8446WDTthat are8447VBPbe subject8448JJsubject to8449TOto the8450DTthe lawsuit8451NNlawsuit .8452SENT. And8453CCand the8454DTthe third8455JJthird test8456NNtest is8457VBZbe no8458DTno conflicts8459NNSconflict of8460INof interest8461NNinterest .8462SENT. The8463DTthe ...8464:... the8465DTthe lower8466JJRlow courts8467NNScourt here8468RBhere actually8469RBactually addressed8470VVNaddress that8471DTthat test8472NNtest .8473SENT. We8474PPwe do8475VVPdo n't8476RBn't think8477VVthink the8478DTthe fact8479NNfact ...8480:... the8481DTthe happenstance8482NNhappenstance that8483IN/thatthat the8484DTthe defendant8485NNdefendant may8486MDmay have8487VHhave given8488VVNgive contributions8489NNScontribution in8490INin the8491DTthe past8492NNpast to8493TOto the8494DTthe organization8495NNorganization should8496MDshould rule8497VVrule them8498PPthem out8499RPout ,8500,, but8501CCbut the8502DTthe court8503NNcourt should8504MDshould make8505VVmake sure8506JJsure that8507IN/thatthat this8508DTthis is8509VBZbe n't8510RBn't a8511DTa displacement8512NNdisplacement of8513INof money8514NNmoney that8515IN/thatthat the8516DTthe defendant8517NNdefendant would8518MDwould otherwise8519RBotherwise give8520VVgive and8521CCand ...8522:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8523LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] On8524INon ...8525:... on8526INon that8527DTthat ...8528:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8529LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Why8530WRBwhy not8531RBnot a8532DTa ...8533:... [MR. PINCUS]8534LOC[MR. PINCUS] ...8535:... that8536IN/thatthat that8537DTthat organization8538NNorganization will8539MDwill control8540VVcontrol the8541DTthe money8542NNmoney and8543CCand decide8544VVdecide how8545WRBhow it8546PPit 's8547VBZbe going8548VVGgo to8549TOto be8550VBbe used8551VVNuse .8552SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8553LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] On8554INon that8555DTthat point8556NNpoint ,8557,, would8558MDwould you8559PPyou agree8560VVagree that8561IN/thatthat the8562DTthe district8563NNdistrict court8564NNcourt should8565MDshould never8566RBnever be8567VBbe the8568DTthe one8569CDone suggesting8570VVGsuggest possible8571JJpossible recipients8572NNSrecipient of8573INof the8574DTthe funds8575NNSfund of8576INof a8577DTa settlement8578NNsettlement he8579PPhe has8580VHZhave to8581TOto approve8582VVapprove ?8583SENT? [MR. PINCUS]8584LOC[MR. PINCUS] I8585PPI ...8586:... I8587PPI totally8588RBtotally agree8589VVPagree ,8590,, Your8591PP$your Honor8592NPHonor .8593SENT. I8594PPI think8595VVPthink this8596DTthis ...8597:... a8598DTa settlement8599NNsettlement is8600VBZbe an8601DTan agreement8602NNagreement between8603INbetween the8604DTthe parties8605NNSparty .8606SENT. The8607DTthe district8608NNdistrict court8609NNcourt 's8610POS's role8611NNrole here8612RBhere is8613VBZbe to8614TOto apply8615VVapply Rule8616NPRule 238617CD@card@ (8618(( e8619NNe )8620)) and8621CCand tell8622VVtell the8623DTthe parties8624NNSparty that8625IN/thatthat because8626INbecause one8627CDone of8628INof these8629DTthese three8630CDthree tests8631NNStest is8632VBZbe not8633RBnot met8634VVNmeet ,8635,, we8636PPwe would8637MDwould submit8638VVsubmit ,8639,, that8640IN/thatthat the8641DTthe settlement8642NNsettlement is8643VBZbe not8644RBnot approved8645VVNapprove .8646SENT. And8647CCand then8648RBthen if8649INif they8650PPthey ...8651:... if8652INif that8653DTthat ...8654:... then8655RBthen it8656PPit 's8657VBZbe up8658RBup to8659TOto the8660DTthe parties8661NNSparty to8662TOto go8663VVgo back8664RBback and8665CCand come8666VVcome up8667RPup with8668INwith different8669JJdifferent recipients8670NNSrecipient or8671CCor a8672DTa different8673JJdifferent process8674NNprocess that8675WDTthat ...8676:... that8677WDTthat meets8678VVZmeet the8679DTthe test8680NNtest .8681SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8682LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Why8683WRBwhy is8684VBZbe it8685PPit ...8686:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8687LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Why8688WRBwhy do8689VVPdo you8690PPyou ...8691:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8692LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Go8693VVgo ahead8694RBahead .8695SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8696LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Why8697WRBwhy do8698VVPdo you8699PPyou ...8700:... why8701WRBwhy do8702VVPdo you8703PPyou assume8704VVPassume that8705IN/thatthat simply8706RBsimply because8707INbecause someone8708NNsomeone wants8709VVZwant money8710NNmoney in8711INin the8712DTthe settlement8713NNsettlement or8714CCor is8715VBZbe entitled8716VVNentitle to8717TOto ,8718,, that8719IN/thatthat he8720PPhe 's8721VBZbe also8722RBalso opposed8723VVNoppose to8724TOto what8725WPwhat gave8726VVDgive rise8727NNrise to8728TOto the8729DTthe ...8730:... the8731DTthe wrong8732JJwrong ?8733SENT? I8734PPI mean8735VVPmean ,8736,, you8737PPyou may8738MDmay be8739VBbe in8740INin an8741DTan auto8742NNauto accident8743NNaccident with8744INwith someone8745NNsomeone who8746WPwho 's8747VBZbe speeding8748VVGspeed .8749SENT. That8750DTthat does8751VVZdo n't8752RBn't mean8753VVmean you8754PPyou automatically8755RBautomatically think8756VVPthink that8757IN/thatthat highway8758NNhighway safety8759NNsafety is8760VBZbe affected8761VVNaffect and8762CCand the8763DTthe speed8764NNspeed limit8765NNlimit should8766MDshould be8767VBbe changed8768VVNchange .8769SENT. [MR. PINCUS]8770LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well8771UHWell ,8772,, I8773PPI ...8774:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8775LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] You8776PPyou just8777RBjust want8778VVPwant money8779NNmoney because8780INbecause of8781INof what8782WPwhat happened8783VVDhappen to8784TOto you8785PPyou .8786SENT. [MR. PINCUS]8787LOC[MR. PINCUS] And8788CCand ...8789:... and8790CCand I8791PPI think8792VVPthink that8793DTthat 's8794VBZbe why8795WRBwhy I8796PPI think8797VVPthink the8798DTthe critical8799JJcritical first8800JJfirst inquiry8801NNinquiry is8802VBZbe ,8803,, is8804VBZbe the8805DTthe ...8806:... is8807VBZbe the8808DTthe ...8809:... in8810INin the8811DTthe real8812JJreal world8813NNworld ,8814,, is8815VBZbe the8816DTthe ...8817:... is8818VBZbe the8819DTthe cost8820NNcost of8821INof distributing8822VVGdistribute the8823DTthe money8824NNmoney going8825VVGgo to8826TOto mean8827VVmean that8828IN/thatthat people8829NNSpeople get8830VVPget essentially8831RBessentially little8832JJlittle or8833CCor nothing8834NNnothing or8835CCor ...8836:... or8837CCor essentially8838RBessentially nothing8839NNnothing so8840RBso that8841IN/thatthat this8842DTthis indirect8843JJindirect benefit8844NNbenefit is8845VBZbe better8846JJRgood ?8847SENT? [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8848LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Is8849VBZbe n't8850RBn't it8851PPit ...8852:... [MR. PINCUS]8853LOC[MR. PINCUS] I8854PPI do8855VVPdo n't8856RBn't think8857VVthink the8858DTthe ...8859:... I8860PPI think8861VVPthink ...8862:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8863LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] I8864PPI think8865VVPthink Justice8866NPJustice Kavanaugh8867NPKavanaugh had8868VHDhave a8869DTa question8870NNquestion .8871SENT. [MR. PINCUS]8872LOC[MR. PINCUS] I8873PPI 'm8874VBPbe sorry8875JJsorry .8876SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8877LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] Is8878VBZbe n't8879RBn't it8880PPit always8881RBalways better8882RBRwell to8883TOto at8884INat least8885JJSleast have8886VHPhave a8887DTa lottery8888NNlottery system8889NNsystem then8890RBthen that8891IN/thatthat one8892CDone of8893INof the8894DTthe plaintiffs8895NNSplaintiff ,8896,, one8897CDone of8898INof the8899DTthe injured8900JJinjured parties8901NNSparty gets8902VVZget it8903PPit ,8904,, rather8905RBrather than8906INthan someone8907NNsomeone who8908WPwho 's8909VBZbe not8910RBnot injured8911VVNinjure ?8912SENT? Why8913WRBwhy is8914VBZbe n't8915RBn't that8916DTthat always8917RBalways more8918RBRmore reasonable8919JJreasonable ?8920SENT? [MR. PINCUS]8921LOC[MR. PINCUS] We8922PPwe agree8923VVPagree with8924INwith the8925DTthe government8926NNgovernment that8927IN/thatthat a8928DTa lottery8929NNlottery system8930NNsystem would8931MDwould be8932VBbe very8933RBvery strange8934JJstrange .8935SENT. If8936INif a8937DTa class8938NNclass member8939NNmember takes8940VVZtake the8941DTthe time8942NNtime to8943TOto file8944VVfile a8945DTa claim8946NNclaim ,8947,, it8948PPit just8949RBjust seems8950VVZseem it8951PPit would8952MDwould be8953VBbe a8954DTa very8955JJvery ...8956:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8957LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] This8958DTthis is8959VBZbe strange8960JJstrange too8961RBtoo .8962SENT. [MR. PINCUS]8963LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well8964UHwell ,8965,, I8966PPI think8967VVPthink this8968DTthis ...8969:... this8970DTthis ...8971:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]8972LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] I8973PPI mean8974VVPmean ,8975,, it8976PPit 's8977VBZbe a8978DTa question8979NNquestion of8980INof what8981WPwhat 's8982VBZbe more8983RBRmore strange8984JJstrange ,8985,, I8986PPI think8987VVPthink .8988SENT. [MR. PINCUS]8989LOC[MR. PINCUS] Well8990UHWell ,8991,, if8992INif I8993PPI may8994MDmay answer8995VVanswer the8996DTthe question8997NNquestion ,8998,, I8999PPI think9000VVPthink this9001DTthis is9002VBZbe actually9003RBactually ...9004:... and9005CCand this9006DTthis is9007VBZbe partially9008RBpartially an9009DTan answer9010NNanswer to9011TOto the9012DTthe Chief9013NPChief Justice9014NPJustice 's9015POS's question9016NNquestion .9017SENT. The9018DTthe ...9019:... the9020DTthe actual9021JJactual application9022NNapplication of9023INof a9024DTa cy9025NNcy pres-like9026JJpres-like doctrine9027NNdoctrine here9028RBhere is9029VBZbe that9030IN/thatthat the9031DTthe class9032NNclass representatives9033NNSrepresentative and9034CCand their9035PP$their lawyers9036NNSlawyer are9037VBPbe essentially9038RBessentially fiduciaries9039NNSfiduciary to9040TOto the9041DTthe class9042NNclass .9043SENT. And9044CCand they9045PPthey 're9046VBPbe looking9047VVGlook at9048INat this9049DTthis and9050CCand saying9051VVGsay ,9052,, does9053VVZdo it9054PPit make9055VVmake sense9056NNsense at9057INat the9058DTthe end9059NNend of9060INof the9061DTthe day9062NNday to9063TOto have9064VHhave this9065DTthis indirect9066JJindirect benefit9067NNbenefit rather9068RBrather than9069INthan a9070DTa direct9071JJdirect benefit9072NNbenefit that9073WDTthat is9074VBZbe essentially9075RBessentially going9076VVGgo to9077TOto be9078VBbe a9079DTa dollar9080NNdollar ?9081SENT? [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9082LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank9083VVthank you9084PPyou ,9085,, counsel9086NNcounsel .9087SENT. [MR. PINCUS]9088LOC[MR. PINCUS] Thank9089VVthank you9090PPyou ,9091,, Your9092PP$your Honor9093NPHonor .9094SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9095LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Mr9096NPMr .9097SENT. Lamken9098NPLamken .9099SENT.

[MR. LAMKEN]9100LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Thank9101VVthank you9102PPyou ,9103,, Mr9104NPMr .9105SENT. Chief9106NPChief Justice9107NPJustice ,9108,, and9109CCand may9110MDmay it9111PPit please9112VVplease the9113DTthe Court9114NPCourt :9115:: This9116DTthis case9117NNcase undoubtedly9118RBundoubtedly implicates9119VVZimplicate interesting9120JJinteresting policy9121NNpolicy and9122CCand empirical9123JJempirical questions9124NNSquestion ,9125,, but9126CCbut those9127DTthose are9128VBPbe the9129DTthe types9130NNStype of9131INof questions9132NNSquestion that9133IN/thatthat the9134DTthe Administrative9135NPAdministrative Office9136NPOffice ,9137,, the9138DTthe Judicial9139NPJudicial Conference9140NPConference ,9141,, the9142DTthe Advisory9143NPAdvisory Committee9144NPCommittee ,9145,, Congress9146NPCongress can9147MDcan investigate9148VVinvestigate and9149CCand answer9150VVanswer .9151SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]9152LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Where9153WRBwhere did9154VVDdo the9155DTthe cy9156NNcy pres9157NNSpres doctrine9158NNdoctrine come9159VVNcome from9160INfrom ?9161SENT? Was9162VBDbe that9163RBthat created9164VVNcreate by9165INby Congress9166NPCongress ?9167SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]9168LOC[MR. LAMKEN] No9169NPNo ,9170,, Your9171PP$your Honor9172NPHonor .9173SENT. The9174DTthe cy9175NNcy pres9176NNSpres doctrine9177NNdoctrine comes9178VVZcome out9179RPout of9180INof ...9181:... and9182CCand it9183PPit 's9184VBZbe inaptly9185RBinaptly named9186VVNname ...9187:... from9188INfrom the9189DTthe notion9190NNnotion that9191IN/thatthat what9192WPwhat ...9193:... someone9194NNsomeone who9195WPwho gets9196VVZget a9197DTa reward9198NNreward ,9199,, someone9200NNsomeone who9201WPwho gets9202VVZget an9203DTan award9204NNaward ,9205,, can9206MDcan repurpose9207VVrepurpose it9208PPit to9209TOto a9210DTa different9211JJdifferent thing9212NNthing ,9213,, to9214TOto a9215DTa different9216JJdifferent purpose9217NNpurpose ,9218,, if9219INif the9220DTthe current9221JJcurrent ...9222:... if9223INif the9224DTthe existing9225JJexisting purpose9226NNpurpose is9227VBZbe n't9228RBn't used9229VVNuse ...9230:... feasible9231JJfeasible .9232SENT. So9233RBso ,9234,, for9235INfor example9236NNexample ,9237,, we9238PPwe cite9239VVPcite the9240DTthe Beastie9241NPBeastie Boys9242NPSBoys examples9243NNSexample .9244SENT. Private9245JJprivate parties9246NNSparty regularly9247RBregularly will9248MDwill get9249VVget an9250DTan award9251NNaward or9252CCor a9253DTa settlement9254NNsettlement ,9255,, but9256CCbut they9257PPthey can9258MDcan actually9259RBactually ,9260,, instead9261RBinstead of9262INof having9263VHGhave that9264DTthat settlement9265NNsettlement come9266VVNcome to9267TOto them9268PPthem ,9269,, go9270VVgo to9271TOto a9272DTa third-party9273JJthird-party for9274INfor their9275PP$their benefit9276NNbenefit .9277SENT. And9278CCand the9279DTthe question9280NNquestion in9281INin this9282DTthis case9283NNcase is9284VBZbe ,9285,, is9286VBZbe there9287RBthere anything9288NNanything in9289INin Rule9290NPRule 239291CD@card@ (9292(( e9293NNe )9294)) that9295WDTthat says9296VVZsay that9297DTthat classes9298NNSclass ,9299,, that9300IN/thatthat class9301NNclass representatives9302NNSrepresentative ,9303,, where9304WRBwhere it9305PPit 's9306VBZbe fair9307JJfair ,9308,, reasonable9309JJreasonable ,9310,, and9311CCand adequate9312JJadequate ,9313,, cannot9314MDcan do9315VVdo exactly9316RBexactly what9317WPwhat the9318DTthe Beastie9319NPBeastie Boys9320NPSBoys or9321CCor any9322DTany other9323JJother private9324JJprivate party9325NNparty can9326MDcan ?9327SENT? And9328CCand Rule9329NPRule 239330CD@card@ (9331(( e9332LSe )9333)) does9334VVZdo n't9335RBn't answer9336VVanswer that9337DTthat question9338NNquestion by9339INby saying9340VVGsay never9341RBnever .9342SENT. It9343PPit answers9344VVZanswer that9345IN/thatthat question9346NNquestion by9347INby providing9348VVGprovide a9349DTa standard9350NNstandard of9351INof fairness9352NNfairness ,9353,, reasonableness9354NNreasonableness ,9355,, and9356CCand adequacy9357NNadequacy .9358SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]9359LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] The9360DTthe question9361NNquestion 's9362VBZbe what9363WPwhat reasonableness9364NNreasonableness means9365NNSmean .9366SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]9367LOC[MR. LAMKEN] I9368PPI think9369VVPthink that9370WDTthat 's9371VBZbe right9372JJright .9373SENT. And9374CCand the9375DTthe question9376NNquestion is9377VBZbe ...9378:... and9379CCand the9380DTthe answer9381NNanswer to9382TOto that9383WDTthat ,9384,, I9385PPI think9386VVPthink ,9387,, is9388VBZbe when9389WRBwhen the9390DTthe alternative9391NNalternative ,9392,, when9393WRBwhen you9394PPyou have9395VHPhave a9396DTa possibility9397NNpossibility of9398INof getting9399VVGget millions9400NNSmillion of9401INof dollars9402NNSdollar of9403INof indirect9404JJindirect relief9405NNrelief ,9406,, it9407PPit is9408VBZbe better9409JJRgood ,9410,, it9411PPit is9412VBZbe fair9413JJfair ,9414,, reasonable9415JJreasonable ,9416,, and9417CCand adequate9418JJadequate ,9419,, to9420TOto get9421VVget that9422IN/thatthat when9423WRBwhen the9424DTthe alternative9425NNalternative is9426VBZbe likely9427JJlikely nothing9428NNnothing or9429CCor the9430DTthe nominal9431JJnominal equivalent9432NNequivalent of9433INof nothing9434NNnothing .9435SENT. And9436CCand that9437DTthat 's9438VBZbe the9439DTthe fundamental9440JJfundamental decision9441NNdecision that9442IN/thatthat ALI9443NPAli made9444VVDmake .9445SENT. If9446INif it9447PPit 's9448VBZbe infeasible9449JJinfeasible ,9450,, if9451INif it9452PPit 's9453VBZbe not9454RBnot possible9455JJpossible to9456TOto give9457VVgive this9458DTthis money9459NNmoney out9460RPout to9461TOto people9462NNSpeople without9463INwithout it9464PPit becoming9465VVGbecome practically9466RBpractically zero9467CDzero or9468CCor there9469EXthere 's9470VBZbe a9471DTa grave9472JJgrave risk9473NNrisk of9474INof that9475DTthat happening9476NNhappening ,9477,, then9478RBthen you9479PPyou can9480MDcan take9481VVtake the9482DTthe money9483NNmoney and9484CCand give9485VVgive it9486PPit to9487TOto institutions9488NNSinstitution for9489INfor particular9490JJparticular uses9491NNSuse that9492WDTthat serve9493VVPserve the9494DTthe interests9495NNSinterest of9496INof the9497DTthe individual9498JJindividual class9499NNclass members9500NNSmember .9501SENT. And9502CCand that9503DTthat ...9504:... [JUSTICE ALITO]9505LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] In9506INin whose9507WP$whose opinion9508NNopinion do9509VVPdo they9510PPthey serve9511VVserve the9512DTthe interests9513NNSinterest of9514INof the9515DTthe individual9516JJindividual class9517NNclass members9518NNSmember ?9519SENT? In9520INin the9521DTthe opinion9522NNopinion of9523INof the9524DTthe individual9525JJindividual class9526NNclass members9527NNSmember ?9528SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]9529LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Well9530UHWell ,9531,, the9532DTthe decision9533NNdecision is9534VBZbe initially9535RBinitially made9536VVNmake by9537INby the9538DTthe class9539NNclass representatives9540NNSrepresentative and9541CCand the9542DTthe lawyers9543NNSlawyer ,9544,, and9545CCand it9546PPit 's9547VBZbe subject9548JJsubject to9549TOto judicial9550JJjudicial review9551NNreview by9552INby the9553DTthe court9554NNcourt .9555SENT. And9556CCand that9557DTthat ...9558:... in9559INin this9560DTthis case9561NNcase ,9562,, rather9563RBrather than9564INthan simply9565RBsimply giving9566VVGgive money9567NNmoney to9568TOto ...9569:... and9570CCand ,9571,, frankly9572RBfrankly ,9573,, this9574DTthis is9575VBZbe an9576DTan issue9577NNissue that9578WDTthat 's9579VBZbe not9580RBnot before9581INbefore the9582DTthe Court9583NPCourt because9584INbecause Petitioner9585NNpetitioner did9586VVDdo n't9587RBn't challenge9588VVchallenge the9589DTthe requisite9590JJrequisite nexus9591NNnexus between9592INbetween the9593DTthe recipients9594NNSrecipient and9595CCand the9596DTthe interests9597NNSinterest of9598INof the9599DTthe class9600NNclass members9601NNSmember .9602SENT. But9603CCbut turning9604VVGturn to9605TOto it9606PPit anyway9607RBanyway ,9608,, in9609INin this9610DTthis case9611NNcase ,9612,, specific9613JJspecific proposals9614NNSproposal were9615VBDbe provided9616VVNprovide ,9617,, and9618CCand those9619DTthose proposals9620NNSproposal are9621VBPbe actually9622RBactually quite9623RBquite closely9624RBclosely linked9625VVNlink to9626TOto not9627RBnot just9628RBjust the9629DTthe injury9630NNinjury that9631WDTthat occurred9632VVDoccur here9633RBhere ,9634,, that9635WDTthat underlies9636VVZunderlie both9637CCboth the9638DTthe cause9639NNcause of9640INof action9641NNaction and9642CCand the9643DTthe actual9644JJactual complaint9645NNcomplaint ,9646,, but9647CCbut also9648RBalso the9649DTthe specific9650JJspecific class9651NNclass .9652SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]9653LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But9654CCbut there9655EXthere is9656VBZbe the9657DTthe appearance9658NNappearance ,9659,, as9660INas the9661DTthe district9662NNdistrict court9663NNcourt said9664VVDsay in9665INin the9666DTthe hearing9667NNhearing ,9668,, the9669DTthe appearance9670NNappearance of9671INof favoritism9672NNfavoritism and9673CCand alma9674NNalma maters9675NNSmater of9676INof ...9677:... of9678INof counsel9679NNcounsel .9680SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]9681LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Your9682PP$your Honor9683NPHonor ,9684,, I9685PPI think9686VVPthink ,9687,, in9688INin this9689DTthis case9690NNcase ,9691,, the9692DTthe district9693NNdistrict court9694NNcourt acknowledged9695VVDacknowledge that9696IN/thatthat there9697EXthere was9698VBDbe the9699DTthe potential9700NNpotential of9701INof conflict9702NNconflict ,9703,, but9704CCbut he9705PPhe did9706VVDdo what9707WPwhat a9708DTa district9709NNdistrict court9710NNcourt should9711MDshould do9712VVdo .9713SENT. He9714PPhe took9715VVDtake evidence9716NNevidence .9717SENT. He9718PPhe heard9719VVDhear counsel9720NNcounsel ...9721:... from9722INfrom counsel9723NNcounsel live9724VVPlive in9725INin court9726NNcourt ,9727,, including9728VVGinclude the9729DTthe statement9730NNstatement :9731:: I9732PPI got9733VVDget my9734PP$my degree9735NNdegree from9736INfrom Harvard9737NPHarvard and9738CCand that9739DTthat 's9740VBZbe simply9741RBsimply the9742DTthe end9743NNend of9744INof it9745PPit .9746SENT. He9747PPhe reviewed9748VVDreview detailed9749JJdetailed proposals9750NNSproposal which9751WDTwhich carefully9752RBcarefully calibrated9753VVDcalibrate the9754DTthe ...9755:... the9756DTthe money9757NNmoney to9758TOto the9759DTthe specific9760JJspecific harms9761NNSharm ,9762,, the9763DTthe impact9764NNimpact of9765INof search9766NNsearch terms9767NNSterm and9768CCand disclosures9769NNSdisclosure and9770CCand third-party9771JJthird-party data9772NNSdatum flows9773NNSflow .9774SENT. And9775CCand the9776DTthe district9777NNdistrict court9778NNcourt found9779VVNfind "9780``" no9781DTno indication9782NNindication "9783``" that9784DTthat counsel9785NNcounsel 's9786POS's allegiance9787NNallegiance to9788TOto alma9789NNalma maters9790NNSmater factored9791VVNfactor into9792INinto selection9793NNselection .9794SENT. Unless9795INunless ...9796:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9797LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well9798UHWell ,9799,, do9800VVPdo n't9801RBn't you9802PPyou think9803VVPthink it9804PPit 's9805VBZbe just9806RBjust a9807DTa little9808JJlittle bit9809NNbit fishy9810JJfishy that9811IN/thatthat the9812DTthe money9813NNmoney goes9814VVZgo to9815TOto a9816DTa charity9817NNcharity or9818CCor a9819DTa 5019820CD@card@ (9821(( c9822LSc )9823)) (9824(( 39825LS3 )9826)) organization9827NNorganization that9828IN/thatthat Google9829NPGoogle had9830VHDhave contributed9831VVNcontribute to9832TOto in9833INin the9834DTthe past9835NNpast ?9836SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]9837LOC[MR. LAMKEN] So9838RBso ,9839,, Your9840PP$your Honor9841NPHonor ,9842,, remember9843VVremember ,9844,, because9845INbecause we9846PPwe 're9847VBPbe in9848INin the9849DTthe high-tech9850JJhigh-tech area9851NNarea and9852CCand we9853PPwe 're9854VBPbe in9855INin an9856DTan emerging9857VVGemerge area9858NNarea ,9859,, there9860EXthere 's9861VBZbe only9862RBonly so9863RBso many9864JJmany organizations9865NNSorganization that9866WDTthat are9867VBPbe going9868VVGgo to9869TOto have9870VHhave track9871NNtrack records9872NNSrecord of9873INof this9874DTthis .9875SENT. And9876CCand so9877RBso it9878PPit 's9879VBZbe not9880RBnot at9881INat all9882DTall surprising9883JJsurprising ...9884:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9885LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] I9886PPI bet9887VVPbet there9888EXthere are9889VBPbe other9890JJother organizations9891NNSorganization active9892JJactive in9893INin the9894DTthe area9895NNarea that9896IN/thatthat Google9897NPGoogle had9898VHDhave not9899RBnot contributed9900VVNcontribute to9901TOto in9902INin the9903DTthe past9904NNpast .9905SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]9906LOC[MR. LAMKEN] And9907CCand ...9908:... and9909CCand many9910JJmany were9911VBDbe included9912VVNinclude here9913RBhere .9914SENT. But9915CCbut one9916CDone of9917INof the9918DTthe critical9919JJcritical things9920NNSthing is9921VBZbe ,9922,, while9923INwhile Google9924NPGoogle was9925VBDbe involved9926VVNinvolve ...9927:... and9928CCand this9929DTthis is9930VBZbe at9931INat page9932NNpage 409933CD@card@ of9934INof the9935DTthe Joint9936NPJoint Appendix9937NPAppendix ...9938:... it9939PPit was9940VBDbe involved9941VVNinvolve in9942INin identifying9943VVGidentify potential9944JJpotential recipients9945NNSrecipient ,9946,, it9947PPit ...9948:... counsel9949NNcounsel for9950INfor class9951NNclass ,9952,, the9953DTthe class9954NNclass ,9955,, not9956RBnot Google9957NPGoogle ,9958,, vetted9959VVDvet the9960DTthe actual9961JJactual proposals9962NNSproposal .9963SENT. Class9964NNclass counsel9965NNcounsel ,9966,, not9967RBnot Google9968NPGoogle ,9969,, determined9970VVNdetermine which9971WDTwhich recipients9972NNSrecipient .9973SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9974LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well9975UHwell ,9976,, I9977PPI know9978VVPknow ,9979,, but9980CCbut the9981DTthe allegation9982NNallegation ...9983:... you9984PPyou know9985VVPknow ,9986,, I9987PPI mean9988VVPmean ,9989,, the9990DTthe allegation9991NNallegation is9992VBZbe that9993DTthat counsel9994NNcounsel for9995INfor the9996DTthe class9997NNclass and9998CCand the9999DTthe defendant10000NNdefendant are10001VBPbe working10002VVGwork together10003RBtogether because10004INbecause no10005DTno money10006NNmoney is10007VBZbe going10008VVGgo to10009TOto anybody10010NNanybody else10011RBelse ,10012,, it10013PPit 's10014VBZbe just10015RBjust going10016VVGgo to10017TOto counsel10018VVcounsel for10019INfor the10020DTthe ...10021:... for10022INfor the10023DTthe class10024NNclass ,10025,, and10026CCand that10027DTthat Google10028NPGoogle for10029INfor its10030PP$its part10031NNpart as10032INas part10033NNpart of10034INof the10035DTthe deal10036NNdeal ...10037:... I10038PPI 'm10039VBPbe not10040RBnot suggesting10041VVGsuggest that10042DTthat 's10043VBZbe what10044WPwhat 's10045VBZbe going10046VVGgo on10047RPon ...10048:... but10049CCbut the10050DTthe allegation10051NNallegation ,10052,, it10053PPit says10054VVZsay part10055NNpart of10056INof the10057DTthe deal10058NNdeal ,10059,, they10060PPthey get10061VVPget to10062TOto give10063VVgive money10064NNmoney to10065TOto their10066PP$their favorite10067JJfavorite charity10068NNcharity .10069SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]10070LOC[MR. LAMKEN] And10071CCand the10072DTthe district10073NNdistrict court10074NNcourt looked10075VVDlook at10076INat it10077PPit and10078CCand understood10079VVDunderstand that10080IN/thatthat Google10081NPGoogle 's10082POS's role10083NNrole ended10084VVDend at10085INat selecting10086VVGselect potential10087JJpotential recipients10088NNSrecipient .10089SENT. It10090PPit had10091VHDhave no10092DTno role10093NNrole in10094INin defending10095VVGdefend who10096WPwho got10097VVDget how10098WRBhow much10099JJmuch money10100NNmoney either10101RBeither .10102SENT. And10103CCand the10104DTthe district10105NNdistrict court10106NNcourt heard10107VVNhear from10108INfrom counsel10109NNcounsel and10110CCand said10111VVDsay :10112:: Look10113NNlook ,10114,, it10115PPit 's10116VBZbe not10117RBnot just10118RBjust an10119DTan accounting10120NNaccounting core10121NNcore change10122NNchange .10123SENT. And10124CCand the10125DTthe Court10126NPCourt responded10127VVDrespond :10128:: I10129PPI appreciate10130VVPappreciate that10131RBthat .10132SENT. And10133CCand that10134DTthat 's10135VBZbe at10136INat Joint10137NPJoint Appendix10138NPAppendix 13510139CD@card@ .10140SENT. Google10141NPGoogle 's10142POS's own10143JJown counsel10144NNcounsel explained10145VVDexplain to10146TOto the10147DTthe Court10148NNcourt that10149IN/thatthat if10150INif you10151PPyou look10152VVPlook at10153INat the10154DTthe detail10155NNdetail of10156INof these10157DTthese programs10158NNSprogram and10159CCand the10160DTthe lack10161NNlack of10162INof Google10163NPGoogle 's10164POS's involvement10165NNinvolvement in10166INin the10167DTthe development10168NNdevelopment of10169INof the10170DTthe programs10171NNSprogram ,10172,, it10173PPit rebuts10174VVZrebut that10175DTthat .10176SENT. That10177DTthat 's10178VBZbe Joint10179NPJoint Appendix10180NPAppendix 15510181CD@card@ .10182SENT. If10183INif you10184PPyou look10185VVPlook at10186INat the10187DTthe actual10188JJactual recipients10189NNSrecipient ,10190,, these10191DTthese are10192VBPbe not10193RBnot necessarily10194RBnecessarily flattering10195VVGflatter recipients10196NNSrecipient for10197INfor Google10198NPGoogle .10199SENT. There10200EXthere 's10201VBZbe two10202CDtwo that10203IN/thatthat referred10204VVNrefer Google10205NPGoogle to10206TOto the10207DTthe FTC10208NPFTC ,10209,, resulting10210VVGresult in10211INin a10212DTa $10213$$ 1710214CD@card@ million10215CDmillion fine10216NNfine .10217SENT. One10218CDOne of10219INof them10220PPthem is10221VBZbe dedicating10222VVGdedicate its10223PP$its money10224NNmoney to10225TOto ,10226,, among10227INamong other10228JJother things10229NNSthing ,10230,, auditing10231VVGaudit ,10232,, from10233INfrom outside10234INoutside the10235DTthe Google10236NPGoogle ecosphere10237NNecosphere ,10238,, Google10239NPGoogle 's10240POS's compliance10241NNcompliance with10242INwith privacy10243NNprivacy policies10244NNSpolicy .10245SENT. And10246CCand each10247DTeach of10248INof them10249PPthem ,10250,, which10251WDTwhich is10252VBZbe where10253WRBwhere I10254PPI was10255VBDbe going10256VVGgo just10257RBjust a10258DTa moment10259NNmoment ago10260RBago ,10261,, is10262VBZbe specifically10263RBspecifically directed10264VVNdirect to10265TOto not10266RBnot just10267RBjust privacy10268NNprivacy on10269INon the10270DTthe Internet10271NNInternet but10272CCbut what10273WPwhat happens10274VVZhappen when10275WRBwhen you10276PPyou do10277VVPdo searches10278NNSsearch ,10279,, for10280INfor example10281NNexample ,10282,, the10283DTthe Brooklyn10284NPBrooklyn Center10285NPCenter .10286SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10287LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] The10288DTthe appearance10289NNappearance problem10290NNproblem here10291RBhere ,10292,, which10293WDTwhich has10294VHZhave happened10295VVNhappen in10296INin many10297JJmany cases10298NNScase ,10299,, is10300VBZbe symptomatic10301JJsymptomatic of10302INof a10303DTa broader10304JJRbroad question10305NNquestion ,10306,, which10307WDTwhich is10308VBZbe why10309WRBwhy is10310VBZbe it10311PPit not10312RBnot always10313RBalways reasonable10314JJreasonable ,10315,, more10316RBRmore reasonable10317JJreasonable in10318INin this10319DTthis situation10320NNsituation ,10321,, which10322WDTwhich is10323VBZbe a10324DTa difficult10325JJdifficult one10326CDone ,10327,, to10328TOto try10329VVtry to10330TOto get10331VVget the10332DTthe money10333NNmoney to10334TOto injured10335JJinjured parties10336NNSparty ,10337,, either10338CCeither through10339INthrough pro10340JJpro rata10341NNrata distribution10342NNdistribution or10343CCor some10344DTsome kind10345NNkind of10346INof lottery10347NNlottery system10348NNsystem .10349SENT. Imperfect10350JJimperfect or10351CCor strange10352JJstrange as10353INas that10354WDTthat may10355MDmay be10356VBbe ,10357,, it10358PPit seems10359VVZseem to10360TOto me10361PPme potentially10362RBpotentially less10363RBRless strange10364JJstrange or10365CCor why10366WRBwhy is10367VBZbe n't10368RBn't it10369PPit less10370RBRless strange10371JJstrange than10372INthan giving10373VVGgive it10374PPit to10375TOto people10376NNSpeople who10377WPwho were10378VBDbe n't10379RBn't injured10380VVNinjure at10381INat all10382DTall ,10383,, who10384WPwho have10385VHPhave affiliations10386NNSaffiliation with10387INwith the10388DTthe counsel10389NNcounsel ,10390,, and10391CCand who10392WPwho in10393INin many10394JJmany cases10395NNScase do10396VVPdo n't10397RBn't need10398VVneed the10399DTthe money10400NNmoney ?10401SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]10402LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Your10403PP$your Honor10404NPHonor ,10405,, in10406INin terms10407NNSterm of10408INof what10409WPwhat the10410DTthe standard10411NNstandard is10412VBZbe ,10413,, yes10414UHyes ,10415,, absolutely10416RBabsolutely ,10417,, the10418DTthe priority10419NNpriority is10420VBZbe to10421TOto give10422VVgive the10423DTthe individual10424JJindividual class10425NNclass members10426NNSmember money10427NNmoney .10428SENT. That10429DTthat 's10430VBZbe the10431DTthe number10432NNnumber one10433CDone priority10434NNpriority .10435SENT. And10436CCand only10437RBonly when10438WRBwhen it10439PPit proves10440VVZprove infeasible10441JJinfeasible to10442TOto do10443VVdo that10444WDTthat can10445MDcan you10446PPyou go10447VVgo to10448TOto a10449DTa cy10450NNcy pres10451NNSpres result10452NNresult .10453SENT. And10454CCand in10455INin this10456DTthis case10457NNcase ...10458:... and10459CCand I10460PPI turn10461VVPturn the10462DTthe Court10463NPCourt to10464TOto Pet10465NPPet App10466NPApp 47a10467NP47a ...10468:... the10469DTthe district10470NNdistrict court10471NNcourt actually10472RBactually found10473VVDfind ,10474,, he10475PPhe looked10476VVDlook and10477CCand said10478VVDsay ,10479,, the10480DTthe cost10481NNcost to10482TOto do10483VVdo claims10484NNSclaim processing10485NNprocessing ,10486,, cost10487VVDcost to10488TOto do10489VVdo claims10490NNSclaim forms10491NNSform ,10492,, cost10493VVDcost to10494TOto do10495VVdo distribution10496NNdistribution ,10497,, and10498CCand said10499VVDsay it10500PPit 's10501VBZbe clearly10502RBclearly infeasible10503JJinfeasible when10504WRBwhen you10505PPyou look10506VVPlook at10507INat those10508DTthose factors10509NNSfactor .10510SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10511LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] How10512WRBHow about10513INabout a10514DTa lottery10515NNlottery versus10516INversus this10517DTthis ?10518SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]10519LOC[MR. LAMKEN] So10520INso the10521DTthe lottery10522NNlottery does10523VVZdo n't10524RBn't really10525RBreally help10526VVhelp much10527RBmuch for10528INfor two10529CDtwo reasons10530NNSreason .10531SENT. First10532RBfirst ,10533,, you10534PPyou have10535VHPhave to10536TOto go10537VVgo and10538CCand identify10539VVidentify the10540DTthe class10541NNclass members10542NNSmember in10543INin order10544NNorder to10545TOto determine10546VVdetermine who10547WPwho do10548VVPdo you10549PPyou give10550VVgive your10551PP$your lottery10552NNlottery tickets10553VVZticket to10554TOto .10555SENT. So10556RBso you10557PPyou now10558RBnow have10559VHhave to10560TOto go10561VVgo out10562RPout and10563CCand find10564VVfind the10565DTthe names10566NNSname of10567INof the10568DTthe 12910569CD@card@ million10570CDmillion people10571NNSpeople ,10572,, or10573CCor however10574RBhowever many10575JJmany you10576PPyou 're10577VBPbe going10578VVGgo to10579TOto submit10580VVsubmit ,10581,, and10582CCand ask10583VVask .10584SENT. You10585PPyou have10586VHPhave to10587TOto process10588VVprocess and10589CCand determine10590VVdetermine ,10591,, are10592VBPbe these10593DTthese valid10594JJvalid requests10595NNSrequest for10596INfor lottery10597NNlottery tickets10598NNSticket ,10599,, or10600CCor is10601VBZbe this10602DTthis person10603NNperson not10604RBnot a10605DTa Google10606NPGoogle user10607NNuser ?10608SENT? So10609RBso you10610PPyou have10611VHPhave to10612TOto verify10613VVverify .10614SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10615LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But10616CCbut at10617INat least10618JJSleast it10619PPit 's10620VBZbe someone10621NNsomeone who10622WPwho ...10623:... who10624WPwho ,10625,, quote10626NNquote ,10627,, to10628TOto use10629VVuse your10630PP$your analogy10631NNanalogy ,10632,, paid10633VVNpay for10634INfor the10635DTthe lottery10636NNlottery ticket10637NNticket as10638RBas opposed10639VVNoppose to10640TOto giving10641VVGgive the10642DTthe billion10643CDbillion dollar10644NNdollar award10645NNaward to10646TOto someone10647NNsomeone who10648WPwho did10649VVDdo n't10650RBn't buy10651VVbuy the10652DTthe lottery10653NNlottery ticket10654NNticket .10655SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]10656LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Well10657UHwell ,10658,, I10659PPI think10660VVPthink ...10661:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10662LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] I10663PPI mean10664VVPmean ,10665,, that10666WDTthat 's10667VBZbe the10668DTthe ...10669:... [MR. LAMKEN]10670LOC[MR. LAMKEN] ...10671:... it10672PPit is10673VBZbe a10674DTa little10675JJlittle ...10676:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10677LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...10678:... that10679WDTthat 's10680VBZbe ,10681,, to10682TOto use10683VVuse your10684PP$your analogy10685NNanalogy ,10686,, the10687DTthe ...10688:... [MR. LAMKEN]10689LOC[MR. LAMKEN] It10690PPit 's10691VBZbe a10692DTa little10693JJlittle passing10694NNpassing strange10695JJstrange to10696TOto start10697VVstart ...10698:... to10699TOto use10700VVuse all10701PDTall the10702DTthe money10703NNmoney ,10704,, virtually10705RBvirtually all10706PDTall the10707DTthe money10708NNmoney ,10709,, to10710TOto actually10711RBactually set10712VVset up10713RPup this10714DTthis lottery10715NNlottery process10716NNprocess to10717TOto accept10718VVaccept all10719PDTall these10720DTthese claims10721NNSclaim ,10722,, administer10723VVadminister that10724DTthat process10725NNprocess ,10726,, and10727CCand then10728RBthen exclude10729VVexclude the10730DTthe vast10731JJvast majority10732NNmajority of10733INof the10734DTthe class10735NNclass and10736CCand say10737VVPsay :10738:: And10739CCand we10740PPwe 're10741VBPbe going10742VVGgo to10743TOto take10744VVtake some10745DTsome people10746NNSpeople who10747WPwho were10748VBDbe injured10749VVNinjure and10750CCand entitled10751VVNentitle to10752TOto money10753NNmoney ,10754,, and10755CCand we10756PPwe 're10757VBPbe not10758RBnot going10759VVGgo to10760TOto give10761VVgive them10762PPthem their10763PP$their money10764NNmoney ,10765,, we10766PPwe 're10767VBPbe going10768VVGgo to10769TOto give10770VVgive that10771DTthat money10772NNmoney to10773TOto somebody10774NNsomebody else10775RBelse because10776INbecause they10777PPthey won10778VVDwin the10779DTthe lottery10780NNlottery .10781SENT. It10782PPit 's10783VBZbe just10784RBjust a10785DTa little10786RBlittle unseemly10787JJunseemly ,10788,, in10789INin addition10790NNaddition to10791TOto being10792VBGbe grossly10793RBgrossly inefficient10794JJinefficient ,10795,, because10796INbecause the10797DTthe only10798JJonly thing10799NNthing it10800PPit reduces10801VVZreduce ...10802:... it10803PPit does10804VVZdo n't10805RBn't reduce10806VVreduce claims10807NNSclaim administration10808NNadministration cost10809NNcost in10810INin terms10811NNSterm of10812INof accepting10813VVGaccept claims10814NNSclaim .10815SENT. It10816PPit does10817VVZdo n't10818RBn't reduce10819VVreduce claims10820NNSclaim administration10821NNadministration cost10822NNcost in10823INin terms10824NNSterm of10825INof vetting10826VVGvet the10827DTthe claims10828NNSclaim .10829SENT. The10830DTthe only10831JJonly thing10832NNthing it10833PPit reduces10834VVZreduce is10835VBZbe the10836DTthe end10837NNend mailing10838NNmailing cost10839NNcost .10840SENT. That10841DTthat 's10842VBZbe the10843DTthe only10844JJonly thing10845NNthing it10846PPit does10847VVZdo .10848SENT. [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10849LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] It10850PPit ...10851:... it10852PPit reduces10853VVZreduce ,10854,, to10855TOto pick10856VVpick up10857RPup on10858INon the10859DTthe Chief10860NPChief Justice10861NPJustice 's10862POS's comments10863NNScomment ,10864,, the10865DTthe appearance10866NNappearance of10867INof favoritism10868NNfavoritism and10869CCand collusion10870NNcollusion ...10871:... [MR. LAMKEN]10872LOC[MR. LAMKEN] And10873CCand that10874DTthat ...10875:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10876LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...10877:... which10878WDTwhich is10879VBZbe rife10880JJrife in10881INin these10882DTthese cases10883NNScase .10884SENT. At10885INat least10886JJSleast that10887DTthat 's10888VHZhave been10889VBNbe the10890DTthe allegation10891NNallegation .10892SENT. There10893EXthere have10894VHPhave been10895VBNbe lots10896NNSlot of10897INof courts10898NNScourt that10899WDTthat have10900VHPhave said10901VVNsay that10902RBthat .10903SENT. And10904CCand the10905DTthe district10906NNdistrict court10907NNcourt here10908RBhere ,10909,, as10910INas you10911PPyou know10912VVPknow in10913INin the10914DTthe transcript10915NNtranscript ,10916,, was10917VBDbe very10918RBvery concerned10919VVNconcern about10920INabout that10921DTthat .10922SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]10923LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Well10924UHwell ,10925,, he10926PPhe was10927VBDbe n't10928RBn't concerned10929VVNconcern about10930INabout the10931DTthe collusion10932NNcollusion because10933INbecause he10934PPhe specifically10935RBspecifically found10936VVDfind that10937IN/thatthat it10938PPit did10939VVDdo not10940RBnot enter10941VVenter into10942INinto the10943DTthe decision10944NNdecision .10945SENT. And10946CCand if10947INif the10948DTthe district10949NNdistrict court10950NNcourt had10951VHDhave ...10952:... the10953DTthe standard10954JJstandard everyone10955NNeveryone agrees10956VVZagree is10957VBZbe ,10958,, if10959INif there10960EXthere 's10961VBZbe even10962RBeven doubt10963NNdoubt ,10964,, if10965INif there10966EXthere 's10967VBZbe substantial10968JJsubstantial doubt10969NNdoubt about10970RBabout whether10971INwhether the10972DTthe recipients10973NNSrecipient were10974VBDbe selected10975VVNselect on10976INon the10977DTthe merits10978NNSmerit ,10979,, that10980DTthat doubt10981NNdoubt is10982VBZbe called10983VVNcall against10984INagainst the10985DTthe settlement10986NNsettlement .10987SENT. It10988PPit 's10989VBZbe called10990VVNcall in10991INin favor10992NNfavor of10993INof trying10994VVGtry something10995NNsomething different10996JJdifferent .10997SENT. But10998CCbut ,10999,, in11000INin this11001DTthis case11002NNcase ,11003,, the11004DTthe court11005NNcourt of11006INof appeals11007NNSappeal and11008CCand the11009DTthe district11010NNdistrict court11011NNcourt both11012CCboth applied11013VVDapply that11014DTthat ...11015:... that11016DTthat ALI11017NPAli standard11018NNstandard and11019CCand both11020DTboth determined11021VVDdetermine that11022IN/thatthat ,11023,, after11024INafter looking11025VVGlook at11026INat all11027PDTall the11028DTthe evidence11029NNevidence ,11030,, after11031INafter looking11032VVGlook at11033INat the11034DTthe detailed11035JJdetailed proposals11036NNSproposal ,11037,, after11038INafter hearing11039NNhearing from11040INfrom counsel11041NNcounsel ,11042,, after11043INafter doing11044VVGdo all11045PDTall that11046DTthat ,11047,, there11048EXthere was11049VBDbe n't11050RBn't that11051DTthat substantial11052JJsubstantial doubt11053NNdoubt .11054SENT. And11055CCand I11056PPI think11057VVPthink we11058PPwe can11059MDcan rely11060VVrely on11061INon our11062PP$our district11063NNdistrict courts11064NNScourt to11065TOto make11066VVmake those11067DTthose determinations11068NNSdetermination ,11069,, to11070TOto be11071VBbe careful11072JJcareful ,11073,, and11074CCand to11075TOto not11076RBnot get11077VVget engaged11078VVNengage in11079INin the11080DTthe type11081NNtype of11082INof process11083NNprocess that11084WDTthat brings11085VVZbring the11086DTthe judiciary11087NNjudiciary into11088INinto disrepute11089NNdisrepute .11090SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]11091LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] I11092PPI mean11093VVPmean ,11094,, if11095INif you11096PPyou step11097VVPstep back11098RBback ...11099:... [MR. LAMKEN]11100LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Now11101RBnow if11102INif someone11103NNsomeone 's11104VBZbe opposed11105VVNoppose ...11106:... [JUSTICE ALITO]11107LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] ...11108:... if11109INif you11110PPyou step11111VVPstep back11112RBback from11113INfrom what11114WPwhat happened11115VVDhappen in11116INin this11117DTthis case11118NNcase and11119CCand cases11120NNScase like11121INlike this11122DTthis ,11123,, how11124WRBhow can11125MDcan you11126PPyou say11127VVPsay that11128IN/thatthat it11129PPit makes11130VVZmake any11131DTany sense11132NNsense ?11133SENT? The11134DTthe purpose11135NNpurpose of11136INof asking11137VVGask for11138INfor compensation11139NNcompensation ,11140,, it11141PPit 's11142VBZbe not11143RBnot injunctive11144JJinjunctive relief11145NNrelief that11146WDTthat would11147MDwould benefit11148VVbenefit a11149DTa ...11150:... benefit11151VVbenefit a11152DTa broad11153JJbroad class11154NNclass ,11155,, but11156CCbut the11157DTthe purpose11158NNpurpose ...11159:... benefit11160VVbenefit the11161DTthe public11162NNpublic ...11163:... it11164PPit 's11165POS's compensation11166NNcompensation for11167INfor the11168DTthe ...11169:... for11170INfor the11171DTthe class11172NNclass members11173NNSmember .11174SENT. And11175CCand at11176INat the11177DTthe end11178NNend of11179INof the11180DTthe day11181NNday ,11182,, what11183WPwhat happens11184VVZhappen ?11185SENT? The11186DTthe attorneys11187NNSattorney get11188VVPget money11189NNmoney ,11190,, and11191CCand a11192DTa lot11193NNlot of11194INof it11195PPit .11196SENT. The11197DTthe class11198NNclass members11199NNSmember get11200VVPget no11201DTno money11202NNmoney whatsoever11203RBwhatsoever .11204SENT. And11205CCand money11206NNmoney is11207VBZbe given11208VVNgive to11209TOto organizations11210NNSorganization that11211IN/thatthat they11212PPthey may11213MDmay or11214CCor may11215MDmay not11216RBnot like11217VVlike and11218CCand that11219IN/thatthat may11220MDmay or11221CCor may11222MDmay not11223RBnot ever11224RBever do11225VVdo anything11226NNanything that11227WDTthat is11228VBZbe of11229INof even11230RBeven indirect11231JJindirect benefit11232NNbenefit to11233TOto them11234PPthem .11235SENT. So11236RBso how11237WRBhow can11238MDcan ...11239:... how11240WRBhow can11241MDcan such11242JJsuch a11243DTa system11244NNsystem be11245VBbe regarded11246VVNregard as11247INas a11248DTa sensible11249JJsensible system11250NNsystem ?11251SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]11252LOC[MR. LAMKEN] So11253INso two11254CDtwo parts11255NNSpart to11256TOto that11257DTthat .11258SENT. The11259DTthe first11260JJfirst is11261VBZbe ,11262,, with11263INwith respect11264NNrespect to11265TOto fees11266NNSfee ,11267,, and11268CCand we11269PPwe do11270VVPdo n't11271RBn't believe11272VVbelieve ...11273:... because11274INbecause that11275WDTthat 's11276VBZbe Rule11277NPRule 2411278CD@card@ (11279(( h11280NNh )11281)) ,11282,, a11283DTa reasonable11284JJreasonable fee11285NNfee adder11286NNadder .11287SENT. We11288PPwe do11289VVPdo n't11290RBn't think11291VVthink that11292WDTthat 's11293VBZbe before11294INbefore the11295DTthe Court11296NPCourt either11297RBeither .11298SENT. But11299CCbut ,11300,, with11301INwith respect11302NNrespect to11303TOto fees11304NNSfee ,11305,, it11306PPit 's11307VBZbe well11308RBwell established11309VVNestablish that11310IN/thatthat a11311DTa court11312NNcourt can11313MDcan reduce11314VVreduce attorneys11315NNSattorney '11316POS' fees11317NNSfee if11318INif it11319PPit believes11320VVZbelieve that11321IN/thatthat the11322DTthe cy11323NNcy pres11324NNSpres distribution11325NNdistribution is11326VBZbe less11327RBRless valuable11328JJvaluable to11329TOto the11330DTthe class11331NNclass than11332INthan its11333PP$its cash11334NNcash equivalent11335NNequivalent .11336SENT. It11337PPit just11338RBjust happened11339VVDhappen in11340INin this11341DTthis case11342NNcase the11343DTthe district11344NNdistrict court11345NNcourt heard11346VVDhear objectors11347NNSobjector '11348POS' arguments11349NNSargument and11350CCand said11351VVDsay that11352IN/thatthat he11353PPhe did11354VVDdo not11355RBnot agree11356VVagree that11357IN/thatthat the11358DTthe fees11359NNSfee and11360CCand incentive11361NNincentive awards11362NNSaward are11363VBPbe inconsistent11364JJinconsistent with11365INwith the11366DTthe value11367NNvalue of11368INof the11369DTthe class11370NNclass benefit11371NNbenefit ,11372,, specific11373JJspecific finding11374NNfinding on11375INon Pet11376NPPet App11377NPApp 6011378CD@card@ .11379SENT. Moreover11380RBmoreover ,11381,, class11382NNclass counsel11383NNcounsel 's11384POS's request11385NNrequest is11386VBZbe not11387RBnot disproportionate11388JJdisproportionate to11389TOto the11390DTthe class11391NNclass benefit11392NNbenefit .11393SENT. So11394RBso this11395DTthis is11396VBZbe a11397DTa situation11398NNsituation where11399WRBwhere district11400NNdistrict courts11401NNScourt on11402INon the11403DTthe ground11404NNground can11405MDcan value11406VVvalue what11407WPwhat is11408VBZbe the11409DTthe cy11410NNcy pres11411NNSpres benefit11412NNbenefit and11413CCand then11414RBthen make11415VVmake a11416DTa determination11417NNdetermination :11418:: Is11419VBZbe the11420DTthe fee11421NNfee a11422DTa disproportionate11423JJdisproportionate result11424NNresult ?11425SENT? And11426CCand they11427PPthey can11428MDcan reduce11429VVreduce it11430PPit .11431SENT. And11432CCand ,11433,, in11434INin fact11435NNfact ,11436,, they11437PPthey have11438VHPhave in11439INin the11440DTthe past11441NNpast in11442INin a11443DTa number11444NNnumber of11445INof cases11446NNScase reduced11447VVDreduce fees11448NNSfee because11449INbecause it11450PPit 's11451VBZbe a11452DTa cy11453NNcy pres11454NNSpres distribution11455NNdistribution .11456SENT. The11457DTthe second11458JJsecond part11459NNpart ,11460,, Justice11461NPJustice Alito11462NPAlito ,11463,, is11464VBZbe that11465IN/thatthat somehow11466RBsomehow this11467DTthis distribution11468NNdistribution does11469VVZdo n't11470RBn't benefit11471VVbenefit the11472DTthe class11473NNclass .11474SENT. But11475CCbut this11476DTthis is11477VBZbe n't11478RBn't a11479DTa case11480NNcase where11481WRBwhere you11482PPyou simply11483RBsimply take11484VVPtake money11485NNmoney and11486CCand give11487VVgive it11488PPit to11489TOto charity11490NNcharity that11491WDTthat happens11492VVZhappen to11493TOto be11494VBbe in11495INin a11496DTa space11497NNspace that11498WDTthat 's11499VBZbe similar11500JJsimilar to11501TOto or11502CCor occupied11503VVNoccupy by11504INby the11505DTthe underlying11506VVGunderlie injuries11507NNSinjury .11508SENT. There11509EXthere are11510VBPbe specific11511JJspecific proposals11512NNSproposal here11513RBhere with11514INwith a11515DTa very11516RBvery close11517JJclose nexus11518NNnexus .11519SENT. The11520DTthe injury11521NNinjury here11522RBhere is11523VBZbe that11524IN/thatthat search11525NNsearch terms11526NNSterm are11527VBPbe given11528VVNgive out11529RPout ...11530:... and11531CCand I11532PPI 'm11533VBPbe going11534VVGgo to11535TOto come11536VVcome back11537RBback to11538TOto standing11539VVGstand in11540INin a11541DTa moment11542NNmoment if11543INif I11544PPI have11545VHPhave enough11546JJenough time11547NNtime ...11548:... but11549CCbut that11550IN/thatthat search11551NNsearch terms11552NNSterm of11553INof individuals11554NNSindividual are11555VBPbe given11556VVNgive out11557RPout to11558TOto third11559JJthird parties11560NNSparty without11561INwithout their11562PP$their consent11563NNconsent .11564SENT. And11565CCand the11566DTthe Stored11567VVNstore Communications11568NPCommunications Act11569NPAct is11570VBZbe very11571RBvery clear11572JJclear ,11573,, it11574PPit 's11575VBZbe not11576RBnot illegal11577JJillegal to11578TOto give11579VVgive out11580RPout that11581DTthat information11582NNinformation if11583INif there11584EXthere is11585VBZbe consent11586NNconsent .11587SENT. And11588CCand both11589CCboth the11590DTthe prospective11591JJprospective relief11592NNrelief ,11593,, the11594DTthe modifications11595NNSmodification to11596TOto Google11597NPGoogle 's11598POS's FAQs11599NPFAQs ,11600,, and11601CCand all11602PDTall these11603DTthese organizations11604NNSorganization are11605VBPbe working11606VVGwork towards11607INtowards making11608VVGmake sure11609JJsure that11610IN/thatthat the11611DTthe public11612NNpublic is11613VBZbe properly11614RBproperly notified11615VVNnotify that11616IN/thatthat this11617DTthis is11618VBZbe the11619DTthe consequence11620NNconsequence of11621INof entering11622VVGenter potentially11623RBpotentially extremely11624RBextremely personal11625JJpersonal information11626NNinformation ,11627,, what11628WDTwhat your11629PP$your worries11630NNSworry ,11631,, your11632PP$your concerns11633NNSconcern are11634VBPbe ,11635,, into11636INinto that11637DTthat search11638NNsearch box11639NNbox will11640MDwill do11641VVdo .11642SENT. So11643RBso it11644PPit is11645VBZbe not11646RBnot at11647INat all11648DTall even11649RBeven remotely11650RBremotely the11651DTthe case11652NNcase that11653IN/thatthat this11654DTthis is11655VBZbe not11656RBnot benefitting11657VVGbenefit the11658DTthe class11659NNclass .11660SENT. This11661DTthis is11662VBZbe targeted11663VVNtarget precisely11664RBprecisely to11665TOto the11666DTthe type11667NNtype of11668INof injury11669NNinjury and11670CCand precisely11671RBprecisely the11672DTthe type11673NNtype of11674INof problem11675NNproblem ,11676,, privacy11677NNprivacy invasion11678NNinvasion ,11679,, that11680IN/thatthat that11681DTthat class11682NNclass is11683VBZbe subjected11684VVNsubject to11685TOto .11686SENT. And11687CCand ...11688:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11689LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] You11690PPyou started11691VVDstart ...11692:... you11693PPyou started11694VVDstart with11695INwith what11696WPwhat for11697INfor me11698PPme is11699VBZbe a11700DTa very11701RBvery good11702JJgood point11703NNpoint ,11704,, which11705WDTwhich is11706VBZbe why11707WRBwhy is11708VBZbe this11709DTthis for11710INfor us11711PPus and11712CCand not11713RBnot for11714INfor Congress11715NPCongress and11716CCand the11717DTthe committee11718NNcommittee .11719SENT. But11720CCbut ,11721,, on11722INon the11723DTthe other11724JJother hand11725NNhand ,11726,, the11727DTthe retort11728NNretort to11729TOto that11730WDTthat is11731VBZbe that11732IN/thatthat the11733DTthe committee11734NNcommittee thinks11735VVZthink it11736PPit 's11737VBZbe for11738INfor us11739PPus .11740SENT. And11741CCand ...11742:... and11743CCand ...11744:... and11745CCand maybe11746RBmaybe Congress11747NPCongress does11748VVZdo ,11749,, too11750RBtoo ,11751,, because11752INbecause reasonable11753JJreasonable gives11754VVZgive common11755JJcommon law-like11756JJlaw-like power11757NNpower to11758TOto the11759DTthe courts11760NNScourt to11761TOto figure11762VVfigure out11763RPout and11764CCand to11765TOto put11766VVput limits11767NNSlimit on11768INon these11769DTthese things11770NNSthing .11771SENT. So11772RBso how11773WRBhow can11774MDcan we11775PPwe rely11776VVrely on11777INon Congress11778NPCongress and11779CCand the11780DTthe committee11781NNcommittee if11782INif they11783PPthey 're11784VBPbe thinking11785VVGthink that11786DTthat ...11787:... [MR. LAMKEN]11788LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Well11789UHWell ,11790,, Your11791PP$your Honor11792NPHonor ,11793,, I11794PPI think11795VVPthink ...11796:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11797LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...11798:... the11799DTthe court11800NNcourt 's11801VBZbe going11802VVGgo to11803TOto do11804VVdo it11805PPit ?11806SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]11807LOC[MR. LAMKEN] ...11808:... what11809WPwhat the11810DTthe Court11811NPCourt has11812VHZhave before11813INbefore it11814PPit is11815VBZbe the11816DTthe text11817NNtext of11818INof the11819DTthe rule11820NNrule ,11821,, and11822CCand the11823DTthe one11824CDone thing11825NNthing the11826DTthe Court11827NPCourt can11828MDcan 't11829RB't do11830VVdo is11831VBZbe substitute11832VVsubstitute some11833DTsome categorical11834JJcategorical rule11835NNrule that11836IN/thatthat it11837PPit thinks11838VVZthink more11839RBRmore efficient11840JJefficient or11841CCor better11842RBRwell than11843INthan the11844DTthe rule11845NNrule itself11846PPitself .11847SENT. We11848PPwe have11849VHPhave to11850TOto apply11851VVapply the11852DTthe rule11853NNrule ...11854:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11855LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] But11856CCbut is11857VBZbe n't11858RBn't that11859IN/thatthat what11860WPwhat courts11861NNScourt do11862VVPdo all11863PDTall the11864DTthe time11865NNtime with11866INwith the11867DTthe word11868NNword "11869``" reasonable11870JJreasonable ,11871,, "11872''" is11873VBZbe over11874INover time11875NNtime apply11876VVPapply ...11877:... [MR. LAMKEN]11878LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Well11879UHWell they11880PPthey ...11881:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11882LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] ...11883:... learn11884VVlearn from11885INfrom experience11886NNexperience and11887CCand then11888RBthen draw11889VVdraw sometimes11890RBsometimes bright-line11891NNbright-line rules11892NNSrule ?11893SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]11894LOC[MR. LAMKEN] As11895INas in11896INin Rule11897NPRule 2311898CD@card@ (11899(( h11900NNh )11901)) ,11902,, where11903WRBwhere it11904PPit 's11905VBZbe a11906DTa reasonable11907JJreasonable fee11908NNfee ,11909,, courts11910VVZcourt typically11911RBtypically fill11912VVfill reasonableness11913NNreasonableness with11914INwith factors11915NNSfactor and11916CCand considerations11917NNSconsideration .11918SENT. They11919PPthey typically11920RBtypically do11921VVPdo n't11922RBn't substitute11923VVsubstitute a11924DTa different11925JJdifferent test11926NNtest ,11927,, such11928JJsuch as11929RBas to11930TOto say11931VVsay cy11932NNcy pres11933NNSpres is11934VBZbe never11935RBnever fair11936JJfair ,11937,, reasonable11938JJreasonable ,11939,, and11940CCand adequate11941JJadequate .11942SENT. And11943CCand it11944PPit certainly11945RBcertainly ...11946:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]11947LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Mr11948NPMr .11949SENT. Lamken11950NPLamken ...11951:... I11952PPI 'm11953VBPbe sorry11954RBsorry ,11955,, please11956UHplease .11957SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]11958LOC[MR. LAMKEN] No11959NPNo ,11960,, and11961CCand it11962PPit certainly11963RBcertainly should11964MDshould be11965VBbe fair11966JJfair ,11967,, reasonable11968JJreasonable ,11969,, and11970CCand adequate11971JJadequate when11972WRBwhen the11973DTthe alternative11974NNalternative is11975VBZbe nothing11976NNnothing .11977SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]11978LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Could11979MDcould I11980PPI ask11981VVask you11982PPyou to11983TOto address11984VVaddress standing11985VVGstand ,11986,, please11987UHplease ?11988SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]11989LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Yes11990NPYes .11991SENT. Okay11992JJokay .11993SENT. So11994RBso turning11995VVGturn to11996TOto standing11997VVGstand very11998RBvery quickly11999RBquickly .12000SENT. Look12001NNlook ,12002,, neither12003DTneither court12004NNcourt below12005RBbelow addressed12006VVDaddress the12007DTthe Stored12008VVNstore Communications12009NPCommunications Act12010NPAct or12011CCor the12012DTthe other12013JJother four12014CDfour causes12015NNScause of12016INof action12017NNaction under12018INunder the12019DTthe standard12020NNstandard of12021INof Spokeo12022NPSpokeo .12023SENT. Very12024RBvery few12025JJfew courts12026NNScourt have12027VHPhave .12028SENT. There12029EXthere 's12030VBZbe a12031DTa dearth12032NNdearth of12033INof authority12034NNauthority on12035INon it12036PPit .12037SENT. So12038RBso this12039DTthis is12040VBZbe n't12041RBn't a12042DTa situation12043NNsituation where12044WRBwhere the12045DTthe Court12046NPCourt should12047MDshould be12048VBbe going12049VVGgo out12050RPout on12051INon its12052PP$its own12053JJown and12054CCand addressing12055VVGaddress the12056DTthe issue12057NNissue without12058INwithout the12059DTthe benefit12060NNbenefit of12061INof the12062DTthe viewpoints12063NNSviewpoint of12064INof other12065JJother jurists12066NNSjurist ,12067,, without12068INwithout the12069DTthe benefit12070NNbenefit of12071INof the12072DTthe refinement12073NNrefinement that12074WDTthat occurs12075VVZoccur when12076WRBwhen the12077DTthe case12078NNcase comes12079VVZcome up12080RPup from12081INfrom the12082DTthe lower12083JJRlow courts12084NNScourt .12085SENT. They12086PPthey simply12087RBsimply did12088VVDdo n't12089RBn't apply12090VVapply that12091DTthat standard12092NNstandard .12093SENT. So12094INso the12095DTthe Court12096NPCourt has12097VHZhave two12098CDtwo options12099NNSoption in12100INin our12101PP$our view12102NNview .12103SENT. One12104PPone is12105VBZbe to12106TOto remand12107VVremand .12108SENT. The12109DTthe alternative12110NNalternative is12111VBZbe to12112TOto dismiss12113VVdismiss as12114RBas improvidently12115RBimprovidently granted12116VVNgrant .12117SENT. If12118INif the12119DTthe Court12120NPCourt were12121VBDbe inclined12122VVNincline to12123TOto think12124VVthink it12125PPit might12126MDmight grant12127VVgrant again12128RBagain ,12129,, I12130PPI think12131VVPthink that12132IN/thatthat remand12133NNremand would12134MDwould be12135VBbe the12136DTthe right12137JJright answer12138NNanswer ,12139,, but12140CCbut this12141DTthis Court12142NPCourt is12143VBZbe so12144RBso ...12145:... this12146DTthis case12147NNcase is12148VBZbe so12149RBso rife12150JJrife with12151INwith vehicle12152NNvehicle problems12153NNSproblem that12154WDTthat I12155PPI think12156VVPthink the12157DTthe proper12158JJproper answer12159NNanswer under12160INunder those12161DTthose circumstances12162NNScircumstance is12163VBZbe to12164TOto dismiss12165VVdismiss as12166RBas improvidently12167RBimprovidently granted12168VVNgrant ,12169,, but12170CCbut that12171IN/thatthat aside12172RBaside ,12173,, that12174WDTthat is12175VBZbe in12176INin the12177DTthe Court12178NPCourt 's12179POS's discretion12180NNdiscretion .12181SENT. Turning12182VVGturn to12183TOto the12184DTthe merits12185NNSmerit ,12186,, if12187INif the12188DTthe Court12189NPCourt were12190VBDbe to12191TOto be12192VBbe the12193DTthe first12194JJfirst to12195TOto address12196VVaddress this12197DTthis issue12198NNissue ...12199:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12200LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] You12201PPyou can12202MDcan take12203VVtake an12204DTan extra12205JJextra minute12206NNminute on12207INon standing12208NNstanding .12209SENT. [MR. LAMKEN]12210LOC[MR. LAMKEN] Okay12211NPOkay .12212SENT. If12213INif the12214DTthe Court12215NPCourt were12216VBDbe to12217TOto be12218VBbe the12219DTthe first12220JJfirst to12221TOto address12222VVaddress the12223DTthe Stored12224VVNstore Communications12225NPCommunications Act12226NPAct under12227INunder Spokeo12228NPSpokeo ,12229,, since12230INsince the12231DTthe framing12232NNframing ,12233,, the12234DTthe rule12235NNrule has12236VHZhave been12237VBNbe the12238DTthe disclosure12239NNdisclosure of12240INof another12241DTanother 's12242VBZbe communication12243NNcommunication without12244INwithout their12245PP$their consent12246NNconsent is12247VBZbe actionable12248JJactionable .12249SENT. And12250CCand the12251DTthe Court12252NPCourt can12253MDcan look12254VVlook to12255TOto the12256DTthe Justice12257NPJustice Story12258NPStory 's12259POS's opinion12260NNopinion in12261INin Folsom12262NPFolsom versus12263CCversus Marsh12264NPMarsh for12265INfor that12266DTthat .12267SENT. Even12268RBeven the12269DTthe recipient12270NNrecipient of12271INof a12272DTa letter12273NNletter was12274VBDbe not12275RBnot permitted12276VVNpermit to12277TOto disclose12278VVdisclose that12279DTthat letter12280NNletter without12281INwithout the12282DTthe author12283NNauthor 's12284POS's permission12285NNpermission .12286SENT. This12287DTthis ...12288:... in12289INin Bartnicki12290NPBartnicki versus12291CCversus Vopper12292NPVopper ,12293,, that12294DTthat issue12295NNissue was12296VBDbe thoroughly12297RBthoroughly briefed12298VVNbrief by12299INby the12300DTthe United12301NPUnited States12302NPSStates ,12303,, among12304INamong others12305NNSother ,12306,, and12307CCand the12308DTthe Court12309NPCourt in12310INin Doe12311NPDoe versus12312CCversus Chao12313NPChao recognized12314VVDrecognize that12315IN/thatthat ,12316,, for12317INfor privacy12318NNprivacy harms12319NNSharm ,12320,, they12321PPthey 're12322VBPbe often12323RBoften actionable12324JJactionable without12325INwithout specific12326JJspecific harm12327NNharm ,12328,, that12329IN/thatthat the12330DTthe damage12331NNdamage is12332VBZbe presumed12333VVNpresume .12334SENT. Congress12335NPCongress is12336VBZbe entitled12337VVNentitle to12338TOto make12339VVmake that12340DTthat same12341JJsame judgment12342NNjudgment in12343INin ...12344:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]12345LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] The12346DTthe ...12347:... the12348DTthe alleged12349JJalleged injury12350NNinjury here12351RBhere ,12352,, am12353VBPbe I12354PPI correct12355JJcorrect ,12356,, is12357VBZbe that12358IN/thatthat a12359DTa third-party12360JJthird-party will12361MDwill know12362VVknow that12363IN/thatthat a12364DTa particular12365JJparticular person12366NNperson did12367VVDdo the12368DTthe search12369NNsearch .12370SENT. It12371PPit 's12372VBZbe not12373RBnot what12374WPwhat ...12375:... it12376PPit 's12377VBZbe not12378RBnot simply12379RBsimply the12380DTthe nature12381NNnature of12382INof the12383DTthe search12384NNsearch .12385SENT. Is12386VBZbe that12387IN/thatthat correct12388JJcorrect ?12389SENT? [MR. LAMKEN]12390LOC[MR. LAMKEN] I12391PPI think12392VVPthink that12393IN/thatthat when12394WRBwhen it12395PPit 's12396VBZbe associated12397VVNassociate with12398INwith you12399PPyou ,12400,, that12401WDTthat ...12402:... that12403WDTthat is12404VBZbe an12405DTan injury12406NNinjury .12407SENT. But12408CCbut merely12409RBmerely disclosing12410VVGdisclose your12411PP$your letter12412NNletter ,12413,, even12414RBeven if12415INif it12416PPit was12417VBDbe an12418DTan anonymous12419JJanonymous letter12420NNletter ,12421,, to12422TOto a12423DTa third-party12424JJthird-party ,12425,, I12426PPI think12427VVPthink that12428IN/thatthat would12429MDwould have12430VHhave been12431VBNbe actionable12432JJactionable at12433INat common12434JJcommon law12435NNlaw .12436SENT. That12437DTthat would12438MDwould have12439VHhave been12440VBNbe actionable12441JJactionable before12442INbefore the12443DTthe framing12444NNframing .12445SENT. But12446CCbut ...12447:... and12448CCand Congress12449NPCongress did12450VVDdo make12451VVmake the12452DTthe judgment12453NNjudgment in12454INin this12455DTthis case12456NNcase that12457IN/thatthat ,12458,, even12459RBeven without12460INwithout individual12461JJindividual actual12462JJactual harm12463NNharm ,12464,, that12465IN/thatthat the12466DTthe presumed12467JJpresumed harm12468NNharm is12469VBZbe a12470DTa submission12471NNsubmission because12472INbecause it12473PPit gave12474VVDgive as12475INas damages12476NNSdamage not12477RBnot just12478RBjust actual12479JJactual harm12480NNharm ,12481,, it12482PPit gave12483VVDgive as12484INas damages12485NNSdamage the12486DTthe wrongdoer12487NNwrongdoer 's12488POS's profits12489NNSprofit .12490SENT. There12491EXthere 's12492VBZbe entitlement12493NNentitlement to12494TOto recover12495VVrecover the12496DTthe wrongdoer12497NNwrongdoer 's12498POS's profits12499NNSprofit ,12500,, which12501WDTwhich ,12502,, again12503RBagain ,12504,, is12505VBZbe consistent12506JJconsistent with12507INwith the12508DTthe common12509JJcommon law12510NNlaw ...12511:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12512LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] I12513PPI ...12514:... [MR. LAMKEN]12515LOC[MR. LAMKEN] ...12516:... but12517CCbut this12518DTthis is12519VBZbe an12520DTan extraordinarily12521RBextraordinarily complex12522JJcomplex issue12523NNissue .12524SENT. You12525PPyou have12526VHPhave to12527TOto go12528VVgo deep12529JJdeep into12530INinto history12531NNhistory that12532IN/thatthat ,12533,, in12534INin the12535DTthe pageant12536NNpageant pages12537NNSpage we12538PPwe had12539VHDhave ,12540,, we12541PPwe did12542VVDdo n't12543RBn't .12544SENT. I12545PPI think12546VVPthink ,12547,, under12548INunder the12549DTthe circumstances12550NNScircumstance ,12551,, the12552DTthe right12553JJright answer12554NNanswer for12555INfor the12556DTthe Court12557NPCourt ,12558,, given12559VVNgive that12560IN/thatthat this12561DTthis is12562VBZbe a12563DTa jurisdictional12564JJjurisdictional question12565NNquestion ,12566,, is12567VBZbe to12568TOto dismiss12569VVdismiss or12570CCor ...12571:... is12572VBZbe to12573TOto remand12574VVremand or12575CCor dismiss12576VVdismiss as12577RBas improvidently12578RBimprovidently granted12579VVNgrant .12580SENT. Thank12581VVthank you12582PPyou very12583RBvery much12584RBmuch .12585SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12586LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank12587VVthank you12588PPyou ,12589,, counsel12590NNcounsel .12591SENT. Mr12592NPMr .12593SENT. Frank12594NPFrank ,12595,, you12596PPyou have12597VHPhave three12598CDthree minutes12599NNSminute remaining12600VVGremain .12601SENT.

[MR. FRANK]12602LOC[MR. FRANK] Thank12603VVthank you12604PPyou ,12605,, Mr12606NPMr .12607SENT. Chief12608NPChief Justice12609NPJustice ,12610,, and12611CCand may12612MDmay it12613PPit please12614VVplease the12615DTthe Court12616NPCourt :12617:: The12618DTthe ...12619:... my12620PP$my friend12621NNfriend is12622VBZbe alleging12623VVGallege that12624IN/thatthat the12625DTthe district12626NNdistrict court12627NNcourt made12628VVDmake factual12629JJfactual findings12630NNSfinding that12631IN/thatthat it12632PPit simply12633RBsimply did12634VVDdo not12635RBnot reach12636VVreach because12637INbecause it12638PPit believed12639VVDbelieve its12640PP$its hands12641NNShand were12642VBDbe tied12643VVNtie by12644INby the12645DTthe Ninth12646JJninth Circuit12647NNcircuit precedent12648NNprecedent .12649SENT. It12650PPit did12651VVDdo not12652RBnot look12653VVlook at12654INat the12655DTthe potential12656JJpotential conflicts12657NNSconflict between12658INbetween Google12659NPGoogle and12660CCand the12661DTthe recipients12662NNSrecipient because12663INbecause ,12664,, in12665INin Lane12666NPLane versus12667CCversus Facebook12668NPFacebook ,12669,, the12670DTthe Ninth12671JJninth Circuit12672NNcircuit approved12673VVDapprove a12674DTa settlement12675NNsettlement where12676WRBwhere Facebook12677NPFacebook gave12678VVDgive to12679TOto a12680DTa charity12681NNcharity created12682VVNcreate by12683INby Facebook12684NPFacebook .12685SENT. It12686PPit did12687VVDdo not12688RBnot look12689VVlook at12690INat the12691DTthe difficulty12692NNdifficulty of12693INof distributing12694VVGdistribute to12695TOto some12696DTsome class12697NNclass members12698NNSmember because12699INbecause the12700DTthe Ninth12701JJninth Circuit12702NNcircuit has12703VHZhave a12704DTa de12705NPde minimis12706NPminimis standard12707NNstandard .12708SENT. And12709CCand as12710INas we12711PPwe discuss12712VVPdiscuss at12713INat page12714NNpage 2212715CD@card@ of12716INof our12717PP$our reply12718NNreply brief12719NNbrief ,12720,, what12721WPwhat the12722DTthe district12723NNdistrict court12724NNcourt found12725VVDfind was12726VBDbe that12727IN/thatthat it12728PPit would12729MDwould be12730VBbe too12731RBtoo hard12732JJhard to12733TOto distribute12734VVdistribute to12735TOto over12736RBover 10012737CD@card@ million12738CDmillion class12739NNclass members12740NNSmember .12741SENT. We12742PPwe do12743VVPdo n't12744RBn't contest12745VVcontest that12746IN/thatthat ,12747,, but12748CCbut that12749DTthat 's12750VBZbe not12751RBnot the12752DTthe standard12753NNstandard under12754INunder any12755DTany other12756JJother court12757NNcourt .12758SENT. So12759RBso returning12760VVGreturn to12761TOto the12762DTthe question12763NNquestion that12764IN/thatthat a12765DTa number12766NNnumber of12767INof Justices12768NPJustices raised12769VVDraise ,12770,, why12771WRBwhy not12772RBnot leave12773VVleave this12774DTthis to12775TOto Congress12776NPCongress ?12777SENT? And12778CCand I12779PPI return12780VVPreturn to12781TOto the12782DTthe example12783NNexample of12784INof State12785NPState Oil12786NPOil versus12787CCversus Khan12788NPKhan ,12789,, where12790WRBwhere the12791DTthe Court12792NPCourt was12793VBDbe interpreting12794VVGinterpret restraint12795NNrestraint of12796INof trade12797NNtrade under12798INunder the12799DTthe Sherman12800NPSherman Act12801NPAct .12802SENT. And12803CCand not12804RBnot only12805RBonly was12806VBDbe it12807PPit interpreting12808VVGinterpret that12809IN/thatthat ,12810,, but12811CCbut it12812PPit already12813RBalready had12814VHDhave a12815DTa three-decade-old12816JJthree-decade-old precedent12817NNprecedent ,12818,, Albrecht12819NPAlbrecht ,12820,, that12821WDTthat it12822PPit was12823VBDbe being12824VBGbe asked12825VVNask to12826TOto reverse12827VVreverse .12828SENT. And12829CCand Congress12830NPCongress had12831VHDhave specifically12832RBspecifically considered12833VVNconsider the12834DTthe rule12835NNrule in12836INin Albrecht12837NPAlbrecht over12838INover the12839DTthe ...12840:... those12841DTthose three12842CDthree decades12843NNSdecade and12844CCand it12845PPit never12846RBnever acted12847VVDact on12848INon it12849PPit .12850SENT. Yet12851RByet ,12852,, in12853INin 52212854CD@card@ U12855NPU .12856SENT. S12857NPS .12858SENT. 312859CD3 ,12860,, State12861NPState Oil12862NPOil versus12863CCversus Khan12864NPKhan ,12865,, the12866DTthe Court12867NPCourt unanimously12868RBunanimously reversed12869VVDreverse Albrecht12870NPAlbrecht and12871CCand came12872VVDcome to12873TOto the12874DTthe economically12875RBeconomically sound12876JJsound conclusion12877NNconclusion about12878INabout the12879DTthe way12880NNway to12881TOto interpret12882VVinterpret restraint12883NNrestraint of12884INof trade12885NNtrade .12886SENT. And12887CCand we12888PPwe have12889VHPhave courts12890NNScourt here12891RBhere that12892WDTthat are12893VBPbe already12894RBalready importing12895VVGimport a12896DTa proportionality12897NNproportionality requirement12898NNrequirement into12899INinto the12900DTthe reasonableness12901NNreasonableness and12902CCand fairness12903NNfairness inquiries12904NNSinquiry ,12905,, and12906CCand at12907INat no12908DTno point12909NNpoint do12910VVPdo my12911PP$my friends12912NNSfriend indicate12913VVPindicate that12914IN/thatthat Pearson12915NPPearson versus12916CCversus NBTY12917NPNBTY ,12918,, the12919DTthe Seventh12920NPSeventh Circuit12921NPCircuit decision12922NNdecision ,12923,, is12924VBZbe wrong12925JJwrong or12926CCor why12927WRBwhy it12928PPit 's12929VBZbe wrong12930JJwrong or12931CCor why12932WRBwhy it12933PPit is12934VBZbe not12935RBnot the12936DTthe superior12937JJsuperior rule12938NNrule here12939RBhere .12940SENT. And12941CCand as12942INas we12943PPwe document12944VVPdocument in12945INin our12946PP$our opening12947NNopening brief12948NNbrief ,12949,, when12950WRBwhen courts12951NNScourt demand12952VVPdemand that12953IN/thatthat counsel12954NNcounsel is12955VBZbe faithful12956JJfaithful to12957TOto their12958PP$their fiduciary12959JJfiduciary obligations12960NNSobligation ,12961,, counsel12962NNcounsel responds12963VVZrespond to12964TOto those12965DTthose incentives12966NNSincentive .12967SENT. The12968DTthe Ninth12969JJninth Circu12970NPCircu it12971PPit 's12972POS's rule12973NNrule creates12974VVZcreate incentives12975NNSincentive for12976INfor class12977NNclass counsel12978NNcounsel to12979TOto argue12980VVargue that12981IN/thatthat it12982PPit 's12983VBZbe too12984RBtoo hard12985JJhard to12986TOto get12987VVget money12988NNmoney to12989TOto the12990DTthe class12991NNclass ,12992,, and12993CCand ,12994,, in12995INin fact12996NNfact ,12997,, the12998DTthe de12999NPde minimis13000NPminimis rule13001NNrule would13002MDwould take13003VVtake many13004JJmany settlements13005NNSsettlement that13006WDTthat are13007VBPbe settling13008VVGsettle now13009RBnow for13010INfor less13011JJRless than13012INthan $13013$$ 113014CD1 per13015INper class13016NNclass member13017NNmember ,13018,, for13019INfor less13020JJRless than13021INthan $13022$$ 213023CD2 per13024INper class13025NNclass member13026NNmember ,13027,, that13028WDTthat distribute13029VVPdistribute tens13030NNSten of13031INof millions13032NNSmillion ,13033,, even13034RBeven over13035INover $13036$$ 10013037CD@card@ million13038CDmillion to13039TOto class13040NNclass members13041NNSmember ,13042,, it13043PPit 's13044VBZbe now13045RBnow appropriate13046JJappropriate under13047INunder the13048DTthe Ninth13049JJninth Circu13050NPCircu it13051PPit 's13052VBZbe rule13053NNrule to13054TOto take13055VVtake all13056DTall of13057INof that13058DTthat money13059NNmoney and13060CCand give13061VVgive it13062PPit to13063TOto the13064DTthe defendant13065NNdefendant 's13066POS's favorite13067JJfavorite charity13068NNcharity or13069CCor the13070DTthe plaintiff13071NNplaintiff 's13072POS's favorite13073JJfavorite charity13074NNcharity .13075SENT. If13076INif there13077EXthere are13078VBPbe no13079RBno further13080JJRfurther questions13081NNSquestion ,13082,, I13083PPI 'd13084MDwould ask13085VVask the13086DTthe Court13087NPCourt to13088TOto vacate13089VVvacate and13090CCand reverse13091VVreverse .13092SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]13093LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank13094VVthank you13095PPyou ,13096,, counsel13097NNcounsel .13098SENT. The13099DTthe case13100NNcase is13101VBZbe submitted13102VVNsubmit .13103SENT.