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It affects every party who files a late appeal. It clarifies the power of equitable tolling rules."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 30, lines 21-55","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 30, lines 21-55"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-7"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 17-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 17-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 51-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 51-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 19-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 19-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 21-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 21-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 37-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 37-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 13-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 13-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 27-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 27-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 9-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 9-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 21-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 21-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 37-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 37-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 51-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 51-7"}]}],"slug":"2018-17-1094-nutraceutical-corp-v-lambert","term":"2018","title":"Does a late class-action appeal lose its deadline if a reconsideration motion is pending?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 30, lines 21-55","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 30, lines 21-55"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-1094_onjq.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-7"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}