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No. 19-8029October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020

Docket 19-8029October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Arunachalam v. Lyft, Inc.

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis filed by the petitioner against Lyft, Inc., likely stemming from a dispute in the lower courts.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 18, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 18, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis filed by the petitioner against Lyft, Inc., likely stemming from a dispute in the lower courts.

Question presented

1. Whether the Federal Circuit’s Rule 36 judgment, which affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Petitioner’s patent infringement claims without a written opinion, violates Petitioner’s due process rights under the Fifth Amendment. 2. Whether the district court erred in dismissing Petitioner’s patent infringement claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101, by misapplying the Alice/Mayo framework to Petitioner’s "Web-as-a-Service" patents. 3. Whether the district court’s dismissal of Petitioner’s claims with prejudice, without leave to amend, constitutes an abuse of discretion and a violation of Petitioner’s right to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit / Decision released May 18, 2020

Area

Decided Supreme Court case