“Lawsuits that left the federal courts by the plaintiff’s own volition could be strategically resurrected years later — after the statute of limitations has expired,” the chamber told the high court in a December 2024 brief supporting Halliburton.
A decision in the case is expected by late June.
Waetzig is represented by Vincent Levy, Kevin D. Benish, Jack L. Millman and Byron J. Hazzard of Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Spencer J. Kontnik and Austin M. Cohen of Kontnik Cohen LLC.
Halliburton is represented by Matthew D. McGill, Jonathan C. Bond, Patrick J. Fuster, Lochlan F. Shelfer and Joshua R. Zuckerman of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Heather F. Crow of The Kullman Firm PLC.
The case is Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services Inc., case number 23-971, in the Supreme Court of the United States.
