[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
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over1159RPover
,1160,,
the1161DTthe
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,1165,,
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that1167WDTthat
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and1173CCand
...1174:...
[MR. FRANK]1175LOC[MR. FRANK]
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,1220,,
there1221EXthere
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11225CD1
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million1232CDmillion
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a1332DTa
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.1337SENT.
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a1340DTa
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,1344,,
a1345DTa
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...1352:...
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a1359DTa
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...1418:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1419LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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all1421DTall
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,1424,,
let1425VVlet
's1426VBZbe
assume1427VVassume
a1428DTa
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process1432NNprocess
,1433,,
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...1451:...
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,1470,,
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's1472VHZhave
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,1478,,
there1479EXthere
's1480VHZhave
been1481VBNbe
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distribution1484NNdistribution
,1485,,
whatever1486WDTwhatever
,1487,,
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're1489VBPbe
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benefit1495NNbenefit
,1496,,
a1497DTa
partial1498JJpartial
cy1499NNcy
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,1501,,
is1502VBZbe
not1503RBnot
okay1504JJokay
?1505SENT?
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I1507PPI
'm1508VBPbe
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benefit1529NNbenefit
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the1531DTthe
class1532NNclass
.1533SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1534LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
So1535INso
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is1538VBZbe
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pres1541NNSpres
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this1574DTthis
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a1579DTa
lot1580NNlot
to1581TOto
balance1582VVbalance
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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
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district1609NNdistrict
court1610NNcourt
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discretion1612NNdiscretion
appropriate1613JJappropriate
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the1615DTthe
Congress1616NPCongress
looks1617VVZlook
at1618INat
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and1620CCand
decides1621VVZdecide
?1622SENT?
[MR. FRANK]1623LOC[MR. FRANK]
I1624PPI
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an1642DTan
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...1648:...
it1649PPit
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clear1652JJclear
that1653IN/thatthat
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231655CD@card@
...1656:...
not1657RBnot
...1658:...
not1659RBnot
...1660:...
it1661PPit
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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
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class1711NNclass
member1712NNmember
or1713CCor
even1714RBeven
most1715JJSmost
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as1729INas
entities1730NNSentity
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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.
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've1931VHPhave
had1932VHDhave
...1933:...
I1934PPI
've1935VHPhave
seen1936VVNsee
settlements1937NNSsettlement
where1938WRBwhere
the1939DTthe
judge1940NNjudge
says1941VVZsay
I1942PPI
do1943VVPdo
n't1944RBn't
like1945VVlike
these1946DTthese
beneficiaries1947NNSbeneficiary
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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.
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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]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]2015LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]2023LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]2030LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
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[MR. FRANK]2140LOC[MR. FRANK]
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claim2201NNclaim
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Spokeo2209NPSpokeo
,2210,,
the2211DTthe
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a2234DTa
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standing2236NNstanding
issue2237NNissue
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the2240DTthe
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to2244TOto
expand2245VVexpand
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.2247SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2248LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I2249PPI
had2250VHDhave
thought2251VVNthink
,2252,,
Mr2253NPMr
.2254SENT.
Frank2255NPFrank
,2256,,
that2257IN/thatthat
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court2260NNcourt
thought2261VVDthink
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just2270RBjust
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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
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certainly2300RBcertainly
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standard2303NNstandard
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the2305DTthe
district2306NNdistrict
court2307NNcourt
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,2311,,
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jurisprudence2316NNjurisprudence
indicating2317VVGindicate
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the2328DTthe
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indicated2350VVDindicate
was2351VBDbe
acceptable2352JJacceptable
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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$your
brief2382NNbrief
,2383,,
because2384RBbecause
,2385,,
obviously2386RBobviously
,2387,,
if2388INif
there2389EXthere
's2390VBZbe
no2391DTno
standing2392NNstanding
,2393,,
the2394DTthe
whole2395JJwhole
class2396NNclass
action2397NNaction
's2398VBZbe
thrown2399VVNthrow
out2400RPout
,2401,,
right2402RBright
?2403SENT?
[MR. FRANK]2404LOC[MR. FRANK]
That2405DTthat
would2406MDwould
be2407VBbe
correct2408JJcorrect
.2409SENT.
That2410DTthat
would2411MDwould
be2412VBbe
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do2417VVdo
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or2424CCor
English2425NPEnglish
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That2427DTthat
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exactly2429RBexactly
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the2431DTthe
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everything2448NNeverything
.2449SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]2450LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
You2451PPyou
say2452VVPsay
...2453:...
to2454TOto
follow2455VVfollow
up2456RPup
with2457INwith
Justice2458NPJustice
Kagan2459NPKagan
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who2461WPwho
anticipated2462VVDanticipate
exactly2463RBexactly
where2464WRBwhere
I2465PPI
wanted2466VVDwant
to2467TOto
go2468VVgo
...2469:...
you2470PPyou
say2471VVPsay
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's2473VBZbe
an2474DTan
allegation2475NNallegation
with2476INwith
respect2477NNrespect
to2478TOto
Mr2479NPMr
.2480SENT.
Italiano2481NPItaliano
that2482RBthat
...2483:...
that2484IN/thatthat
he2485PPhe
was2486VBDbe
injured2487VVNinjure
.2488SENT.
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do2490VVPdo
we2491PPwe
know2492VVPknow
that2493IN/thatthat
he2494PPhe
was2495VBDbe
injured2496VVNinjure
?2497SENT?
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there2499RBthere
any2500DTany
evidence2501NNevidence
that2502IN/thatthat
his2503PP$his
personal2504JJpersonal
information2505NNinformation
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was2510VBDbe
n't2511RBn't
already2512RBalready
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the2515DTthe
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in2527INin
fact2528NNfact
?2529SENT?
[MR. FRANK]2530LOC[MR. FRANK]
Well2531UHWell
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that2533WDTthat
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to2535TOto
the2536DTthe
merits2537NNSmerit
.2538SENT.
If2539INif
I2540PPI
allege2541VVPallege
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punched2546VVDpunch
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citizens2562NNScitizen
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different2564JJdifferent
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I2567PPI
had2568VHDhave
a2569DTa
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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
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to2614TOto
...2615:...
to2616TOto
a2617DTa
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a2622DTa
decision2623NNdecision
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to2625TOto
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actually2629RBactually
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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
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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$his
name2739NNname
in2740INin
short2741JJshort
sale2742NNsale
proceedings2743NNSproceeding
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his2745PP$his
name2746NNname
in2747INin
Facebook2748NPFacebook
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his2751PP$his
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and2753CCand
the2754DTthe
name2755NNname
of2756INof
his2757PP$his
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soon-to-be2759JJsoon-to-be
ex-wife2760NNex-wife
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words2763NNSword
"2764``"
forensic2765JJforensic
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.2767SENT.
"2768''"
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how2770WRBhow
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...2776:...
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those2778DTthose
are2779VBPbe
all2780RBall
the2781DTthe
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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
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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
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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
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the2934DTthe
Ninth2935JJninth
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would2937MDwould
do2938VVdo
something2939NNsomething
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here2941RBhere
than2942INthan
it2943PPit
would2944MDwould
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Spokeo2946NPSpokeo
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has2948VHZhave
a2949DTa
chance2950NNchance
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doing2952VVGdo
something2953NNsomething
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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,,
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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
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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
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the3086DTthe
dissolution3087NNdissolution
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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
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have3128VHPhave
to3129TOto
assume3130VVassume
that3131IN/thatthat
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is3134VBZbe
n't3135RBn't
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available3137JJavailable
.3138SENT.
At3139INat
least3140JJSleast
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...3143:...
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,3145,,
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do3147VVPdo
n't3148RBn't
want3149VVwant
to3150TOto
prove3151VVprove
it3152PPit
,3153,,
an3154DTan
allegation3155NNallegation
of3156INof
it3157PPit
,3158,,
there3159EXthere
's3160VBZbe
no3161DTno
allegation3162NNallegation
that3163IN/thatthat
that3164DTthat
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n't3167RBn't
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available3169JJavailable
.3170SENT.
So3171RBso
what3172WPwhat
do3173VVPdo
we3174PPwe
do3175VVPdo
about3176RBabout
that3177RBthat
?3178SENT?
I3179PPI
think3180VVPthink
that3181DTthat
's3182VBZbe
the3183DTthe
part3184NNpart
where3185WRBwhere
...3186:...
that3187IN/thatthat
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're3189VBPbe
struggling3190VVGstruggle
with3191INwith
here3192RBhere
.3193SENT.
[MR. FRANK]3194LOC[MR. FRANK]
If3195INif
the3196DTthe
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is3198VBZbe
not3199RBnot
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enough3201RBenough
to3202TOto
establish3203VVestablish
the3204DTthe
concrete3205JJconcrete
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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
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?4426SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]4427LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I4428PPI
think4429VVPthink
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decide4433VVdecide
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think4440VVPthink
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.4462SENT.
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...4464:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]4465LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Yeah4466NPYeah
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why4469WRBwhy
remand4470NNremand
?4471SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]4472LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Well4473UHWell
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I4476PPI
think4477VVPthink
...4478:...
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know4518VVPknow
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searched4521VVDsearch
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,4630,,
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.4705SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]4706LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well4707UHWell
,4708,,
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a4717DTa
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some4756DTsome
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decide4763VVdecide
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sufficiently4768RBsufficiently
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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.
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thinks4805VVZthink
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allegations4813NNSallegation
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enough4818RBenough
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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
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point4841NNpoint
...4842:...
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...4844:...
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complaint4849NNcomplaint
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...4852:...
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"4867''"
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...4970:...
but4971RBbut
...4972:...
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do4974VVPdo
we4975PPwe
know4976VVPknow
?4977SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]4978LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
So4979RBso
,4980,,
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fairness4982NNfairness
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think4993VVthink
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I4998PPI
do4999VVPdo
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I5059PPI
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...5064:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]5065LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
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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
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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
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think5105VVthink
anyone5106NNanyone
would5107MDwould
want5108VVwant
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disclosure5110NNdisclosure
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.5120SENT.
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seems5122VVZseem
a5123DTa
harm5124NNharm
.5125SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]5126LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I5127PPI
think5128VVPthink
on5129INon
a5130DTa
...5131:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5132LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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may5134MDmay
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...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,,
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'm5158VBPbe
not5159RBnot
so5160RBso
sure5161JJsure
.5162SENT.
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the5164DTthe
common5165JJcommon
law5166NNlaw
,5167,,
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was5169VBDbe
at5170INat
least5171JJSleast
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the5175DTthe
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the5179DTthe
195180CD@card@
...5181:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5182LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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does5185VVZdo
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have5187VHhave
to5188TOto
be5189VBbe
exactly5190RBexactly
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common5192JJcommon
law5193NNlaw
,5194,,
according5195VVGaccord
to5196TOto
the5197DTthe
language5198NNlanguage
in5199INin
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.5201SENT.
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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
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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
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common5252JJcommon
sense5253NNsense
.5254SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]5255LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Oh5256NPOh
,5257,,
on5258INon
a5259DTa
...5260:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5261LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
What5262WPWhat
you5263PPyou
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for5265INfor
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's5269VBZbe
disclosed5270VVNdisclose
to5271TOto
other5272JJother
people5273NNSpeople
?5274SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5275LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Yes5276NPYes
,5277,,
I5278PPI
think5279VVPthink
on5280INon
a5281DTa
particularized5282VVNparticularize
basis5283NNbasis
,5284,,
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conduct5287VVconduct
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or5295CCor
harm5296VVharm
you5297PPyou
.5298SENT.
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,5300,,
if5301INif
all5302DTall
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searched5304VVDsearch
was5305VBDbe
his5306PP$his
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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.]
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,5340,,
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is5347VBZbe
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.5353SENT.
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will5355MDwill
say5356VVsay
...5357:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]5358LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And5359CCand
...5360:...
and5361CCand
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...5363:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]5364LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
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figure5413VVfigure
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it5415PPit
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you5417PPyou
.5418SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5419LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But5420CCbut
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that5423IN/thatthat
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question5426VVPquestion
?5427SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5428LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I5429PPI
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.5434SENT.
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.5449SENT.
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,5465,,
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sufficient5471JJsufficient
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.5473SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5474LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
General5475NPGeneral
Wall5476NPWall
...5477:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]5478LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And5479CCand
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,5489,,
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identify5494VVidentify
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person5496NNperson
who5497WPwho
did5498VVDdo
the5499DTthe
search5500NNsearch
?5501SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5502LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
As5503INas
far5504RBfar
as5505INas
we5506PPwe
can5507MDcan
tell5508VVtell
,5509,,
there5510EXthere
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and5522CCand
no5523DTno
one5524CDone
raised5525VVDraise
it5526PPit
,5527,,
either5528CCeither
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bound5532VVNbind
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attack5535VVattack
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settlement5537NNsettlement
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on5545INon
the5546DTthe
merits5547NNSmerit
of5548INof
cy5549NNcy
pres5550NNSpres
.5551SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5552LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
General5553NPGeneral
Wall5554NPWall
,5555,,
what5556WPwhat
's5557VBZbe
the5558DTthe
...5559:...
what5560WPwhat
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a5581DTa
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,5587,,
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be5593VBbe
otherwise5594RBotherwise
recognized5595VVNrecognize
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common5597JJcommon
law5598NNlaw
?5599SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5600LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
We5601PPwe
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,5610,,
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.5613SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5614LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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...5619:...
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got5635VVNget
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offer5638VVoffer
us5639PPus
.5640SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]5641LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Just5642RBjust
,5643,,
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happy5647JJhappy
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...5685:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]5686LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Is5687VBZbe
n't5688RBn't
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a5690DTa
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...5695:...
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decide5699VVdecide
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first5703JJfirst
instance5704NNinstance
?5705SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5706LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Justice5707NPJustice
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,5709,,
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I5713PPI
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,5716,,
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.5729SENT.
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,5738,,
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,5758,,
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,5775,,
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]5819LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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?5853SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5854LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Well5855UHWell
,5856,,
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,5860,,
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,6250,,
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you6252PPyou
.6253SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6254LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank6255VVthank
you6256PPyou
,6257,,
counsel6258NNcounsel
.6259SENT.
Mr6260NPMr
.6261SENT.
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.6263SENT.
[MR. PINCUS]6264LOC[MR. PINCUS]
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,6267,,
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[JUSTICE ALITO]6778LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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n't6788RBn't
a6789DTa
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[MR. PINCUS]6792LOC[MR. PINCUS]
I6793PPI
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I6795PPI
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[JUSTICE ALITO]6800LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. PINCUS]6806LOC[MR. PINCUS]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]6856LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And6857CCand
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based6865VVNbase
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[MR. PINCUS]6885LOC[MR. PINCUS]
Well6886UHWell
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Well6897UHWell
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]6929LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. PINCUS]6941LOC[MR. PINCUS]
Excuse6942NNexcuse
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Well7017UHwell
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But7061CCbut
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]7065LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Oh7066UHoh
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what7070WPwhat
you7071PPyou
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[MR. PINCUS]7074LOC[MR. PINCUS]
...7075:...
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cookies7079NNScookie
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[MR. PINCUS]7104LOC[MR. PINCUS]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]7402LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
May7403MDmay
I7404PPI
go7405VVgo
back7406RBback
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Mr7408NPMr
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?7411SENT?
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harm7459NNharm
?7460SENT?
[MR. PINCUS]7461LOC[MR. PINCUS]
Well7462UHwell
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let7596VVlet
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7601LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MR. PINCUS]7623LOC[MR. PINCUS]
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do7625VVPdo
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[MR. PINCUS]7670LOC[MR. PINCUS]
I7671PPI
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[JUSTICE BREYER]7940LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Would7941MDwould
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no8458DTno
conflicts8459NNSconflict
of8460INof
interest8461NNinterest
.8462SENT.
The8463DTthe
...8464:...
the8465DTthe
lower8466JJRlow
courts8467NNScourt
here8468RBhere
actually8469RBactually
addressed8470VVNaddress
that8471DTthat
test8472NNtest
.8473SENT.
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do8475VVPdo
n't8476RBn't
think8477VVthink
the8478DTthe
fact8479NNfact
...8480:...
the8481DTthe
happenstance8482NNhappenstance
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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
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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
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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
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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
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...9004:...
and9005CCand
this9006DTthis
is9007VBZbe
partially9008RBpartially
an9009DTan
answer9010NNanswer
to9011TOto
the9012DTthe
Chief9013NPChief
Justice9014NPJustice
's9015POS's
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.9017SENT.
The9018DTthe
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the9020DTthe
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application9022NNapplication
of9023INof
a9024DTa
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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
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: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,,
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Honor9172NPHonor
.9173SENT.
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cy9175NNcy
pres9176NNSpres
doctrine9177NNdoctrine
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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
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will9248MDwill
get9249VVget
an9250DTan
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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
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of9351INof
fairness9352NNfairness
,9353,,
reasonableness9354NNreasonableness
,9355,,
and9356CCand
adequacy9357NNadequacy
.9358SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]9359LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
The9360DTthe
question9361NNquestion
's9362VBZbe
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means9365NNSmean
.9366SENT.
[MR. LAMKEN]9367LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
I9368PPI
think9369VVPthink
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right9372JJright
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And9374CCand
the9375DTthe
question9376NNquestion
is9377VBZbe
...9378:...
and9379CCand
the9380DTthe
answer9381NNanswer
to9382TOto
that9383WDTthat
,9384,,
I9385PPI
think9386VVPthink
,9387,,
is9388VBZbe
when9389WRBwhen
the9390DTthe
alternative9391NNalternative
,9392,,
when9393WRBwhen
you9394PPyou
have9395VHPhave
a9396DTa
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of9398INof
getting9399VVGget
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of9401INof
dollars9402NNSdollar
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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
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the9439DTthe
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that9442IN/thatthat
ALI9443NPAli
made9444VVDmake
.9445SENT.
If9446INif
it9447PPit
's9448VBZbe
infeasible9449JJinfeasible
,9450,,
if9451INif
it9452PPit
's9453VBZbe
not9454RBnot
possible9455JJpossible
to9456TOto
give9457VVgive
this9458DTthis
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to9461TOto
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becoming9465VVGbecome
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or9468CCor
there9469EXthere
's9470VBZbe
a9471DTa
grave9472JJgrave
risk9473NNrisk
of9474INof
that9475DTthat
happening9476NNhappening
,9477,,
then9478RBthen
you9479PPyou
can9480MDcan
take9481VVtake
the9482DTthe
money9483NNmoney
and9484CCand
give9485VVgive
it9486PPit
to9487TOto
institutions9488NNSinstitution
for9489INfor
particular9490JJparticular
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10287LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10511LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MR. LAMKEN]10519LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
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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$your
analogy10631NNanalogy
,10632,,
paid10633VVNpay
for10634INfor
the10635DTthe
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ticket10637NNticket
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opposed10639VVNoppose
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giving10641VVGgive
the10642DTthe
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to10646TOto
someone10647NNsomeone
who10648WPwho
did10649VVDdo
n't10650RBn't
buy10651VVbuy
the10652DTthe
lottery10653NNlottery
ticket10654NNticket
.10655SENT.
[MR. LAMKEN]10656LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
Well10657UHwell
,10658,,
I10659PPI
think10660VVPthink
...10661:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10662LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
I10663PPI
mean10664VVPmean
,10665,,
that10666WDTthat
's10667VBZbe
the10668DTthe
...10669:...
[MR. LAMKEN]10670LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
...10671:...
it10672PPit
is10673VBZbe
a10674DTa
little10675JJlittle
...10676:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10677LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...10678:...
that10679WDTthat
's10680VBZbe
,10681,,
to10682TOto
use10683VVuse
your10684PP$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
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of10733INof
the10734DTthe
class10735NNclass
and10736CCand
say10737VVPsay
:10738::
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're10741VBPbe
going10742VVGgo
to10743TOto
take10744VVtake
some10745DTsome
people10746NNSpeople
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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
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they10777PPthey
won10778VVDwin
the10779DTthe
lottery10780NNlottery
.10781SENT.
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'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.
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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
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of10867INof
favoritism10868NNfavoritism
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collusion10870NNcollusion
...10871:...
[MR. LAMKEN]10872LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
And10873CCand
that10874DTthat
...10875:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10876LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...10877:...
which10878WDTwhich
is10879VBZbe
rife10880JJrife
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these10882DTthese
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.10884SENT.
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allegation10891NNallegation
.10892SENT.
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lots10896NNSlot
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courts10898NNScourt
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have10900VHPhave
said10901VVNsay
that10902RBthat
.10903SENT.
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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
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found10936VVDfind
that10937IN/thatthat
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into10942INinto
the10943DTthe
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.10945SENT.
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if10947INif
the10948DTthe
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...10952:...
the10953DTthe
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,10964,,
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there10966EXthere
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the10972DTthe
recipients10973NNSrecipient
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selected10975VVNselect
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the10977DTthe
merits10978NNSmerit
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that10980DTthat
doubt10981NNdoubt
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called10983VVNcall
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the10985DTthe
settlement10986NNsettlement
.10987SENT.
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called10990VVNcall
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trying10994VVGtry
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different10996JJdifferent
.10997SENT.
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,10999,,
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this11001DTthis
case11002NNcase
,11003,,
the11004DTthe
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appeals11007NNSappeal
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the11009DTthe
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that11014DTthat
...11015:...
that11016DTthat
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standard11018NNstandard
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both11020DTboth
determined11021VVDdetermine
that11022IN/thatthat
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after11024INafter
looking11025VVGlook
at11026INat
all11027PDTall
the11028DTthe
evidence11029NNevidence
,11030,,
after11031INafter
looking11032VVGlook
at11033INat
the11034DTthe
detailed11035JJdetailed
proposals11036NNSproposal
,11037,,
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counsel11041NNcounsel
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after11043INafter
doing11044VVGdo
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,11047,,
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that11051DTthat
substantial11052JJsubstantial
doubt11053NNdoubt
.11054SENT.
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careful11072JJcareful
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to11075TOto
not11076RBnot
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the11080DTthe
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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
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step11111VVPstep
back11112RBback
from11113INfrom
what11114WPwhat
happened11115VVDhappen
in11116INin
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and11119CCand
cases11120NNScase
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any11131DTany
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compensation11139NNcompensation
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not11143RBnot
injunctive11144JJinjunctive
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benefit11148VVbenefit
a11149DTa
...11150:...
benefit11151VVbenefit
a11152DTa
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...11159:...
benefit11160VVbenefit
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happens11184VVZhappen
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may11213MDmay
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may11215MDmay
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like11217VVlike
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that11219IN/thatthat
may11220MDmay
or11221CCor
may11222MDmay
not11223RBnot
ever11224RBever
do11225VVdo
anything11226NNanything
that11227WDTthat
is11228VBZbe
of11229INof
even11230RBeven
indirect11231JJindirect
benefit11232NNbenefit
to11233TOto
them11234PPthem
.11235SENT.
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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,,
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do11270VVPdo
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believe11272VVbelieve
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the11295DTthe
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either11297RBeither
.11298SENT.
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respect11302NNrespect
to11303TOto
fees11304NNSfee
,11305,,
it11306PPit
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well11308RBwell
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a11311DTa
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can11313MDcan
reduce11314VVreduce
attorneys11315NNSattorney
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distribution11325NNdistribution
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less11327RBRless
valuable11328JJvaluable
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the11330DTthe
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not11355RBnot
agree11356VVagree
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inconsistent11364JJinconsistent
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the11366DTthe
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the11369DTthe
class11370NNclass
benefit11371NNbenefit
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on11375INon
Pet11376NPPet
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class11382NNclass
counsel11383NNcounsel
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not11387RBnot
disproportionate11388JJdisproportionate
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the11390DTthe
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a11397DTa
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benefit11412NNbenefit
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make11415VVmake
a11416DTa
determination11417NNdetermination
:11418::
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the11420DTthe
fee11421NNfee
a11422DTa
disproportionate11423JJdisproportionate
result11424NNresult
?11425SENT?
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they11427PPthey
can11428MDcan
reduce11429VVreduce
it11430PPit
.11431SENT.
And11432CCand
,11433,,
in11434INin
fact11435NNfact
,11436,,
they11437PPthey
have11438VHPhave
in11439INin
the11440DTthe
past11441NNpast
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a11443DTa
number11444NNnumber
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cases11446NNScase
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fees11448NNSfee
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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
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you11482PPyou
simply11483RBsimply
take11484VVPtake
money11485NNmoney
and11486CCand
give11487VVgive
it11488PPit
to11489TOto
charity11490NNcharity
that11491WDTthat
happens11492VVZhappen
to11493TOto
be11494VBbe
in11495INin
a11496DTa
space11497NNspace
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's11499VBZbe
similar11500JJsimilar
to11501TOto
or11502CCor
occupied11503VVNoccupy
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the11505DTthe
underlying11506VVGunderlie
injuries11507NNSinjury
.11508SENT.
There11509EXthere
are11510VBPbe
specific11511JJspecific
proposals11512NNSproposal
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with11514INwith
a11515DTa
very11516RBvery
close11517JJclose
nexus11518NNnexus
.11519SENT.
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injury11521NNinjury
here11522RBhere
is11523VBZbe
that11524IN/thatthat
search11525NNsearch
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given11528VVNgive
out11529RPout
...11530:...
and11531CCand
I11532PPI
'm11533VBPbe
going11534VVGgo
to11535TOto
come11536VVcome
back11537RBback
to11538TOto
standing11539VVGstand
in11540INin
a11541DTa
moment11542NNmoment
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I11544PPI
have11545VHPhave
enough11546JJenough
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...11548:...
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individuals11554NNSindividual
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to11558TOto
third11559JJthird
parties11560NNSparty
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consent11563NNconsent
.11564SENT.
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the11566DTthe
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is11570VBZbe
very11571RBvery
clear11572JJclear
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it11574PPit
's11575VBZbe
not11576RBnot
illegal11577JJillegal
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give11579VVgive
out11580RPout
that11581DTthat
information11582NNinformation
if11583INif
there11584EXthere
is11585VBZbe
consent11586NNconsent
.11587SENT.
And11588CCand
both11589CCboth
the11590DTthe
prospective11591JJprospective
relief11592NNrelief
,11593,,
the11594DTthe
modifications11595NNSmodification
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Google11597NPGoogle
's11598POS's
FAQs11599NPFAQs
,11600,,
and11601CCand
all11602PDTall
these11603DTthese
organizations11604NNSorganization
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working11606VVGwork
towards11607INtowards
making11608VVGmake
sure11609JJsure
that11610IN/thatthat
the11611DTthe
public11612NNpublic
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properly11614RBproperly
notified11615VVNnotify
that11616IN/thatthat
this11617DTthis
is11618VBZbe
the11619DTthe
consequence11620NNconsequence
of11621INof
entering11622VVGenter
potentially11623RBpotentially
extremely11624RBextremely
personal11625JJpersonal
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,11627,,
what11628WDTwhat
your11629PP$your
worries11630NNSworry
,11631,,
your11632PP$your
concerns11633NNSconcern
are11634VBPbe
,11635,,
into11636INinto
that11637DTthat
search11638NNsearch
box11639NNbox
will11640MDwill
do11641VVdo
.11642SENT.
So11643RBso
it11644PPit
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at11647INat
all11648DTall
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remotely11650RBremotely
the11651DTthe
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benefitting11657VVGbenefit
the11658DTthe
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This11661DTthis
is11662VBZbe
targeted11663VVNtarget
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to11665TOto
the11666DTthe
type11667NNtype
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injury11669NNinjury
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the11672DTthe
type11673NNtype
of11674INof
problem11675NNproblem
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privacy11677NNprivacy
invasion11678NNinvasion
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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
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not11713RBnot
for11714INfor
Congress11715NPCongress
and11716CCand
the11717DTthe
committee11718NNcommittee
.11719SENT.
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,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
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do11830VVdo
is11831VBZbe
substitute11832VVsubstitute
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categorical11834JJcategorical
rule11835NNrule
that11836IN/thatthat
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thinks11838VVZthink
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efficient11840JJefficient
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the11844DTthe
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We11848PPwe
have11849VHPhave
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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
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a11906DTa
reasonable11907JJreasonable
fee11908NNfee
,11909,,
courts11910VVZcourt
typically11911RBtypically
fill11912VVfill
reasonableness11913NNreasonableness
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factors11915NNSfactor
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considerations11917NNSconsideration
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different11925JJdifferent
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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
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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
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So11994RBso
turning11995VVGturn
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standing11997VVGstand
very11998RBvery
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Look12001NNlook
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action12017NNaction
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Very12024RBvery
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the12072DTthe
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the12082DTthe
lower12083JJRlow
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remand12107VVremand
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improvidently12115RBimprovidently
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the12119DTthe
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might12126MDmight
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I12130PPI
think12131VVPthink
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the12136DTthe
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so12149RBso
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in12176INin
the12177DTthe
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Turning12182VVGturn
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the12184DTthe
merits12185NNSmerit
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the12188DTthe
Court12189NPCourt
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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
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to12217TOto
be12218VBbe
the12219DTthe
first12220JJfirst
to12221TOto
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the12234DTthe
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another12241DTanother
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actionable12248JJactionable
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Bartnicki12290NPBartnicki
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Vopper12292NPVopper
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the12300DTthe
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others12305NNSother
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the12308DTthe
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Chao12313NPChao
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harms12319NNSharm
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often12323RBoften
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the12330DTthe
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Congress12335NPCongress
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that12340DTthat
same12341JJsame
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...12344:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]12345LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
The12346DTthe
...12347:...
the12348DTthe
alleged12349JJalleged
injury12350NNinjury
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correct12355JJcorrect
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the12383DTthe
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Is12386VBZbe
that12387IN/thatthat
correct12388JJcorrect
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[MR. LAMKEN]12390LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
I12391PPI
think12392VVPthink
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when12394WRBwhen
it12395PPit
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associated12397VVNassociate
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you12399PPyou
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that12401WDTthat
...12402:...
that12403WDTthat
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an12405DTan
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if12415INif
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an12418DTan
anonymous12419JJanonymous
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a12423DTa
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actionable12432JJactionable
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recover12495VVrecover
the12496DTthe
wrongdoer12497NNwrongdoer
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profits12499NNSprofit
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which12501WDTwhich
,12502,,
again12503RBagain
,12504,,
is12505VBZbe
consistent12506JJconsistent
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the12508DTthe
common12509JJcommon
law12510NNlaw
...12511:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12512LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
I12513PPI
...12514:...
[MR. LAMKEN]12515LOC[MR. LAMKEN]
...12516:...
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this12518DTthis
is12519VBZbe
an12520DTan
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history12531NNhistory
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the12535DTthe
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the12556DTthe
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a12563DTa
jurisdictional12564JJjurisdictional
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to12568TOto
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...12571:...
is12572VBZbe
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as12577RBas
improvidently12578RBimprovidently
granted12579VVNgrant
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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
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Mr12606NPMr
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Chief12608NPChief
Justice12609NPJustice
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the12655DTthe
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