Last update: 01/12/11 Date Docket Entry 07/03/02 Autism General Order #1 (signed by Chief Special Master Gary J. Golkiewicz) 07/08/02 Discussion of Issue of "Short-Form" Petitions (signed by Chief Special Master Gary J. Golkiewicz) 08/02/02 Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents (filed by Petitioners' Steering Committee) 08/09/02 Designation of Counsel (Petitioners' Steering Committee designates Jeffrey S. Thompson and Ghada A. Anis as lead counsel) 09/03/02 Response to Petitioners' Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents (filed by Respondent) 09/03/02 Status Report (Respondent's report on the status of his Response to Petitioners' Interrogatories and Request for the Production of Documents) 09/03/02 Respondent's Designation of Lead Counsel (Respondent designates Vincent J. Matanoski and Mark C. Raby as lead counsel. 09/05/02 Autism Update - September 4, 2002 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 09/25/02 Autism Update - September 25, 2002 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 10/11/02 Autism Update - October 11, 2002 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 11/18/02 Autism Update - November 18, 2002 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 11/19/02 Motion for Protective Order (filed by Respondent) 11/22/02 Ruling by the Chief Special Master in Leroy v. Secretary of HHS (filed by Special Master Hastings) 11/25/02 Petitioners' Response to Respondent's Motion for Protective Order (filed by Petitioners' Committee) 12/19/02 Order (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 12/26/02 Autism Update - December 20, 2002 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 12/27/02 Motion to Withdraw the Motion for Protective Order (filed by Respondent) 01/14/03 Autism Update & Order - January 14, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 02/26/03 Autism Update & Order- February 26, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 04/02/03 Autism Update & Order- April 2, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 05/09/03 Autism Update & Order- May 9, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 06/27/03 Autism Update & Order- June 27, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 07/30/03 Response to Special Master's Questions Concerning the "Issue of Judgments" 08/22/03 Petitioners' Response to the Special Master's Questions Regarding the Issue of Judgments 08/25/03 Designation of Counsel 09/09/03 Order Concerning Judgments Issue 09/09/03 Order Placing Stewart Rulings into Master File 09/11/03 Petitioners' Steering Committee Memorandum Regarding Third Party Discovery 09/11/03 Petitioners' Steering Committee Memorandum Regarding Serial Injury 09/24/03 Autism Update & Order- September 24, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 09/29/03 Order Relating to Judgments Issue 09/29/03 Order Placing Currie document into Master File 09/30/03 Petitioners' Notice of CDC Deposition 09/30/03 Petitioners' Request for "Stehr-Green Study" Documents 10/07/03 Petitioners' Motion to Issue Third Party Subpoena (MERCK) 10/08/03 Order Placing Respondent's Stewart Filings into Master File 10/15/03 Petitioners' Supplemental Brief Regarding Judgments Issue 10/17/03 Respondent's Supplemental Brief Regarding Judgments Issue 10/20/03 Order Placing More of Respondent's Stewart Filings into Master File 10/29/03 Notice Concerning Attorneys' Fees 10/29/03 Petitioners' Revised Motion for Subpoena Re: Merck 10/30/03 Briefing Order Concerning Subpoena Request Re: Merck 10/30/03 Respondent's Third Brief Re Judgments Issue 11/07/03 Autism Update & Order- November 07, 2003 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 11/14/03 Merck's Motion for Leave to Proceed 11/14/03 Merck's Response to Petitioners' Motion to Issue Revised Third Party Subpoena 11/14/03 Merck's Motion for Information 11/26/03 Order Re: Merck's Information Request 11/26/03 Order Re: Briefing Schedule 11/26/03 Respondent's Filing Re: Fees Issues 12/03/03 Opening Brief of Aventis Pasteur, Filed Dec.3,2003 12/03/03 Opening Brief of Wyeth's, Filed Dec.3,2003 12/03/03 Opening Brief of Baxter's, Filed Dec.3,2003 12/03/03 Baxter's Motion to Intervene, Filed Dec.3,2003 12/03/03 Brief of SmithKline, Filed Dec.3,2003 12/11/03 Petitioners' Reply Brief Re: Merck Discovery 12/16/03 Order Re: CD ROM Filings, Filed Dec.16,2003 12/16/03 Order Re: Baxter's Participation, Filed Dec.16,2003 12/17/03 Petitioners' Notice of FDA Deposition, Filed Dec. 17, 2003 12/17/03 Petitioner's Notice of NIH Deposition, Filed Dec. 17, 2003 12/29/03 Reply Brief of SmithKline, Dec. 29, 2003 12/29/03 Merck's Reply Brief, Dec. 29, 2003 12/29/03 Reply Brief of Wyeth 12/30/03 Reply Brief of Aventis, Dec. 30, 2003 12/30/03 Motion Re: Late Brief, Dec. 30, 2003 12/31/03 Order Re: Briefing Schedule 01/05/04 Baxter's Joinder in Reply Briefs 01/06/04 Order Permitting Late Brief, filed Jan 6, 2004 01/06/04 Order Re: Wood and Currie Opinions, filed Jan 6, 2004 01/12/04 Autism Update & Order- January 12, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 01/16/04 Scheduling Order 02/09/04 Scheduling Order 02/13/04 Scheduling Order Feb.13 02/19/04 Respondent's Response to Scheduling Order 02/20/04 Scheduling Order 02/26/04 Petitioners' Second Subpoena Request re: Merck 03/09/04 Autism Update & Order- March 9, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 03/09/04 Petitioners' Motion to Compel Government Discovery and Supporting Memorandum 03/23/04 Petitioners' Brief Re: Merck Discovery Issue 03/26/04 Petitioners' Exhibit B 04/13/04 Scheduling Order 04/20/04 Scheduling Order, filed April 20, 2004 04/23/04 Autism Update & Order- April 23, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 04/26/04 Merck Response re: Discovery Motion 04/26/04 Merck's Motion for Information re: Discovery 05/10/04 Petitioners' Reply Brief Re: Merck Discovery 05/17/04 Order re: Merck's Motion for Information 05/20/04 Scheduling Order 05/26/04 Transcript of Oral Argument Re: Merck Discovery 06/07/04 Petitioners' Reply Re: Motion to Compel Government Discovery 06/10/04 Scheduling Order 06/23/04 Autism Update - June 23, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 06/28/04 Petitioners' Supplemental Reply Re: Motion to Compel Government Discovery 07/14/04 Scheduling Order 07/16/04 Ruling Concerning Motion For Discovery From Merck Re: MMR Vaccine 08/30/04 Autism Update - August 30, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 09/14/04 Notice Re: Judicial Conference 09/29/04 Transcript of Oral Argument Re: Government Discovery 10/07/04 Petitioners' Exhibits Re: Hearing of 9-23-04 10/28/04 Autism Update - October 28, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 11/12/04 Transcript of Oral Argument Re: Government Discovery 12/23/04 Autism Update - December 23, 2004 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 02/24/05 Autism Update - February 24, 2005 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 04/08/05 Petitioners' Amended Motion to Compel Discovery 04/14/05 Discovery Order 04/28/05 Autism Update - April 28, 2005 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 06/14/05 Petitioners' Filing Re: Timing of Expert Reports 06/15/05 Order Re: Document Service 06/27/05 Autism Update - June 27, 2005 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 07/12/05 Respondents' Filing Re: Timing of Expert Reports 07/13/05 Respondents' Correction of Service 08/10/05 Autism - Judicial Conference 08/11/05 Ruling Concerning Issue of Time 09/12/05 Judicial Conference and Special "In-Person" Autism Status Conference 09/12/05 Order Re: Document Service 09/29/05 Autism Update - September 29, 2005 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 11/23/05 Order Re: Electronic Filing and Filing of Medical Records on Optical Disc 12/22/05 Autism Update - December 22, 2005 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 01/31/06 Scheduling Order 01/31/06 PSC Expert Reports Re: Requests for Extension 01/31/06 Order Allowing Additional Time for Petitioner to File a List of Experts 02/14/06 Petitioners' Initial Disclosure of Experts 02/17/06 Order Re: Transmission of Documents 03/22/06 Supplement to Petitioners' Disclosure of Experts 03/28/06 Notice Re Judicial Conference and Potential Vaccine-Related and Autism-Related Activities 04/21/06 Second Ruling Concerning Issue of Time for Filing Expert Reports 05/10/06 Respondent's Motion for Enlargement of Time, Re: Witness List 05/11/06 Omnibus Order Granting Time Extension 05/16/06 Autism Update - May 16, 2006 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 06/15/06 Respondent's Notice of Expert Witnesses 07/18/06 Petitioners' Proposal re General Causation Proceedings 07/27/06 Respondent's Amendment re Expert Witnesses 09/01/06 Supplemental Notice Re Judicial Conference 09/07/06 Autism Update - September 07, 2006 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 11/27/06 Autism Update - November 27, 2006 (signed by Special Master George Hastings) 12/08/06 Petitioners' Exhibits 1-85 12/08/06 Petitioners' Second "Motion to Compel" and Exhibits 86-90 12/13/06 Petitioners' Exhibits 91(Expert re-analysis of TSA) 01/09/07 Petitioners' Second Proposal Re General Causation Hearing 01/10/07 Petitioners' Exhibits 92-94 (Additional Expert Designations) 01/11/07 Notice Regarding Reassignment of Autism Cases to Additional Special Masters 01/19/07 Respondent's Response to Petitioners' Second Motion to Compel 01/19/07 Autism Update - January 19, 2007 (signed by Special Masters George Hastings, Denise Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 01/26/07 Respondent's Response to Petitioners' Proposed Conduct of General Causation Hearing 01/31/07 Scheduling Order (signed by Special Masters George Hastings, Denise Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 02/13/07 Order Granting Time Extension 02/15/07 Omnibus Order Granting Time Extension 02/26/07 PSC Reply Re: General Causation Proceedings 02/26/07 Objection of Non-Party Managed Care Organizations to Petitioners' Motion to Compel and for Issuing Third-Party Subpoenas 03/09/07 Roster of Petitioner's Steering Committee 03/12/07 Order Granting Time Extension 03/14/07 Autism Update - March 14, 2007 (signed by Special Masters George Hastings, Denise Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 03/19/07 PSC Reply Re: Motion to Compel 03/20/07 Procedural Order 03/22/07 Order Attaching PSC's Position Regarding 'Access' Issue 03/23/07 Respondent's Notice of Expert Witnesses 03/26/07 Respondent's Second Opposition Re: Motion to Compel 03/28/07 MCO's Second Opposition to Petitioner's Motion to Compel 04/03/07 Respondent's Position Regarding Public Access 04/04/07 Procedural Order 04/09/07 PSC Update Re: Test Case Designations 04/17/07 Scheduling Order 04/18/07 PSC Response Re: Public Access 04/27/07 Scheduling Order 04/27/07 Order Adjusting Document Service Procedures in OAP 04/27/07 Respondent's "Motion for Appropriate Relief" 05/01/07 Order Extending Deadline 05/22/07 Respondent's Brief Regarding the Daubert Standard 05/25/07 Ruling Concerning Petitioners "Second Motion To Compel" 05/25/07 Autism Update - May 25, 2007 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 05/29/07 Order Denying Exclusion Motions In Cedillo Test Case 05/30/07 Order Denying Respondent's Motion for Appropriate Relief 06/01/07 Notice of Change of Cedillo Hearing Schedule 06/05/07 Order Concerning Case Processing 06/11/07 Order 06/12/07 List of Expert Witnesses for Cedillo Hearing 06/25/07 PSC Proposal RE Second Causation Theory 07/10/07 PSC Amendment of Second Motion to Compel 07/12/07 Autism Update - July 12, 2007 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 08/08/07 PSC Designation of Dr. Woods and CV 08/15/07 Order Granting Motion to Amend Witness List 08/16/07 Respondent's Proposal for Omnibus Trial Schedule 08/28/07 PSC's "Second Theory" Causation Reports of Dr. Sander Greenland and Dr. Richard Deth -- Part I Part II Part III 09/04/07 PSC's "Second Theory" General Causation Report of Dr. H. Vasken Aposhian 09/04/07 Petitioners' CV of Ronald Kennedy 09/12/07 Petitioners' Steering Committee - List of Scientific Articles 09/17/07 PSC's List of Potential Test Cases 09/27/07 Order Concerning Citations to Scientific Articles 09/27/07 Order Concerning Schedule for PSC's "Second Theory" of Causation 09/28/07 Autism Update - September 28, 2007 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 10/12/07 Order Modifying Schedule for PSC's "Second Theory" of Causation 11/02/07 Order Modifying Schedule for PSC's "Second Theory" of Causation 11/19/07 Order Modifying Schedule for PSC's "Second Theory" Cases 11/20/07 Order Modifying Schedule for PSC's "Second Theory" of Causation 11/20/07 PSC's Master List of Medical Literature for Second Theory 11/20/07 PSC's Expert Report in Mead Test Case 11/28/07 Autism Update - November 28, 2007 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 11/30/07 PSC's Master List of Medical Literature for Second Theory 12/10/07 Order Modifying Schedule for PSC's 'Second Theory of Causation' Cases 12/12/07 Order Concerning Master Exhibit Lists 12/14/07 PSC's Expert Report in King Test Case 01/08/08 PSC's Expert Report in Krakow Test Case 01/14/08 Updated PSC Roster 01/16/08 Order Recognizing New PSC Co-Chair, and Directing Service of Documents 01/17/08 Autism Update - January 17, 2008 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 03/27/08 Autism Update - March 27, 2008 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 04/11/08 Motion to Withdraw Krakow Test Case 04/16/08 Order Concerning Theories 2 and 3 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 04/22/08 Expert Report of Dr. Marcel Kinsbourne 04/23/08 Autism Update - April 23, 2008 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 04/29/08 Respondent's Position Regarding Further Proceedings on Theory 3 05/06/08 Updated PSC Master Reference List of Medical Literature 05/09/08 Scheduling Order Re: Theory 2 (Signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 06/17/08 Scheduling Order Re: Theory 2 (Signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 07/03/08 Order Concerning Theory 2 General Causation Rebuttal (Signed by Special Masters George Hastings, Denise Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 07/08/08 Autism Update - July 08, 2008 (signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 07/29/08 Petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration : Toxicology Rebuttal Testimony and Evidence 07/31/08 PSC Notice Re: U.K. Litigation Materials 08/07/08 PSC Notice Re: "Theory 3" 08/07/08 Updated PSC Master Reference List 08/11/08 Respondent's Opposition Re: Toxicology Rebuttal 08/13/08 Respondent's Response Re: U.K. Litigation Materials 08/29/08 Order Re: Dr. Aposhian's "Theory 2" Rebuttal Report 09/29/08 Autism Update - September 29, 2008 (Signed by Special Masters George Hastings, Patricia Campbell-Smith and Denise Vowell) 02/02/09 Respondent's Consent to Disclosure of Expert Reports 02/12/09 Autism Decision - Cedillo v. Secretary of HHS (Signed by Special Master George Hastings) 02/12/09 Autism Decision - Hazlehurst v. Secretary of HHS (Signed by Special Master Campbell-Smith) 02/12/09 Autism Decision - Snyder v. Secretary of HHS (Signed by Special Master Vowell) 04/03/09 Petitioner's "Theory 2" Rebuttal Report from Dr. Asposhion and Update of PSC Master Reference List of Medical Literature 04/23/09 Autism Update - April 23, 2009 (Signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 06/05/09 Order Correcting Notice Filed On October 29, 2003 - June 5, 2009 (Signed by Special Masters Patricia Campbell-Smith, Denise Vowell and George Hastings) 07/24/09 Autism Ruling by Judge Wiese Hazlehurst v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 03-654V (Signed by Judge Wiese) 08/06/09 Autism Ruling by Judge Wheeler Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 98-916V (Signed by Judge Wheeler) 08/11/09 Autism Ruling by Judge Sweeney Snyder v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 01-162V (Signed by Judge Sweeney) 10/08/09 Notice: Information Concerning How To Exit The Program (Signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 10/09/09 Autism Update - October 9, 2009 (Signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 03/12/10 Mead v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 03-215V (Signed by Special Master Campbell-Smith) 03/12/10 King v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 03-584V (Signed by Special Master Hastings) 03/12/10 Dwyer v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 03-1202V (Signed by Special Master Vowell) 03/25/10 Autism Update - March 25, 2010 (Signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 05/13/10 Autism Ruling by the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Hazlehurst v. Secretary of HHS 05/20/10 Autism Update - May 20, 2010 (Signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 08/27/10 Autism Ruling by the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Cedillo v. Secretary of HHS 09/29/10 Autism Update - September 29, 2010 (Signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 10/08/10 Notice to Counsel (signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith) 01/12/11 Autism Update - January 12, 2011 (Signed by Special Masters George L. Hastings, Denise K. Vowell and Patricia Campbell-Smith)
