No. 24-335

Vivendi S.E., et al. v. EPAC Technologies Ltd.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-09-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: contract-law due-process forum-selection-clause fourteenth-amendment nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permit personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant with no forum contacts based solely on a 'close relationship' with a third-party contractual signatory?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause permit the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant lacking any contacts with the forum state, on the sole basis that the defendant’s “close relationship” with a third-party signatory to a contractual forum-selection clause renders litigation in that forum foreseeable, given that this Court has repeatedly held that foreseeability alone is inadequate for jurisdiction?

Docket Entries

2024-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-10-25
2024-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent EPAC Technologies Ltd to respond filed.
2024-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2024)
2024-05-22
Application (23A1025) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 23, 2024.
2024-05-15
Application (23A1025) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 24, 2024 to September 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Bolloré SE, et al.
Vincent Gregory LevyHolwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner
Vincent Gregory LevyHolwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner
EPAC Technologies Ltd
Sherman KahnMaschoff Brennan, Respondent
Sherman KahnMaschoff Brennan, Respondent
Professors John F. Coyle, William S. Dodge, and Robin Effron
F. Andrew Hessick III — Amicus
F. Andrew Hessick III — Amicus