No. 25-1156

Samsung SDI Company, Limited v. Shawn Peters

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2026-04-07
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process-clause forum-contacts fourteenth-amendment personal-jurisdiction product-liability specific-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, in a product-liability action, the plaintiff's claims relate to the defendant's forum contacts when the defendant manufacturer sells the product in the forum exclusively to corporate customers and prohibits sales of the product to consumers, and the plaintiff consumer acquires the product in the forum through the unauthorized, unilateral activity of a third-party retailer.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant manufacturer in a product-liability action when the defendant sells the product in the forum exclusively to corporate customers and prohibits consumer sales, and the plaintiff consumer acquires the product through unauthorized third-party retailer activity

Docket Entries

2026-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 7, 2026)
2026-03-25
Application (25A1057) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 30, 2026.
2026-03-20
Application (25A1057) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 31, 2026 to April 30, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Roy T. Englert Jr.Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP, Petitioner