No. 20-984

Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey v. Defense Distributed, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1) Experienced Counsel
Tags: cease-and-desist due-process forum-state jurisdictional-challenge minimum-contacts nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction purposeful-availment specific-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment SecondAmendment Patent Trademark JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-03-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a nonresident state official subjects itself to personal-jurisdiction in another forum-state when it sends a single cease-and-desist-letter to a single resident in that state

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED A court may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant only where the defendant “purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State, thus invoking the benefits and protections of its laws.” Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 475 (1985). In Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277 (2014), this Court held that personal jurisdiction thus cannot be based solely on the fact that the plaintiff experienced injury in the forum State. Rather, defendant’s own conduct must connect him to the forum State itself. The question presented is: Whether a nonresident state official subjects itself to personal jurisdiction in another forum State when it sends a single cease-and-desist letter to a single resident in that State. (i) STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-02-24
Brief amici curiae of State of New York et al. filed.
2021-01-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2021)

Attorneys

Gurbir S. Grewal
Jeremy Michael FeigenbaumOffice of the New Jersey Attorney General, Petitioner
Jeremy Michael FeigenbaumOffice of the New Jersey Attorney General, Petitioner
State of New York et al.
Barbara Dale UnderwoodSolicitor General, Amicus
Barbara Dale UnderwoodSolicitor General, Amicus