No. 20-24

Great Lakes Minerals, LLC v. Ohio, et al.

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2020-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure comity declaratory-relief individual-capacity injunctive-relief minimum-contacts sovereign-immunity state-jurisdiction state-sovereign-immunity
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court's decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt extends a state's sovereign-immunity to declaratory-and-injunctive-relief and to individuals-sued-in-their-individual-capacity

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED IL Whether the Court’s decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, 139 8.Ct. 1485 (2019) extends a state’s sovereign immunity to declaratory and/or injunctive relief and to individuals sued in their individual capacity. I. Whether an individual or business that does not have sufficient minimum contacts to be subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign state may seek declaratory or injunctive relief within their home state. Il. Whether a state court can employ principles of comity to dismiss an action properly brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. 1983 against a state official in his individual capacity. ii RULE 29.6

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-28
Waiver of right of respondents Ohio, et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Great Lakes Minerals, LLC
Thomas D. BullockBullock & Coffman, LLP, Petitioner
Thomas D. BullockBullock & Coffman, LLP, Petitioner
Ohio, et al.
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent