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25-909 Meta Platforms, Inc., et al. v. Vermont Vermont 2026-02-03 Pending Response Waived due-process internet-business minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction purposeful-availment specific-jurisdiction Whether a plaintiff may establish specific jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant based on its forum-agnostic 'business model,' or whether the pla…
25A612 Alison Maynard v. William R. Lucero, et al. Texas 2025-11-24 Application internet-communications minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction preemption supremacy-clause wiretap-act Whether the Wiretap Act preempts state procedural laws and jurisdictional doctrines under the Supremacy Clause when a privacy invasion claim involves …
24-6556 Edward Farley v. Ubiratan Marinho, Jr., et al. New Hampshire 2025-02-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minimum-contacts nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction Did the New Hampshire Supreme Court misapprehend the two-part test for federal due process jurisdiction in determining personal jurisdiction over a no…
24-653 Zembrka, et al. v. American Girl, LLC Second Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied Response Waived e-commerce interactive-website minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction virtual-presence Whether an e-commerce seller's virtual presence and conduct operating an interactive website constitutes 'minimum contacts' sufficient to establish sp…
24-17 Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Judgment Issued civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act requires satisfaction of the minimum-con…
23-1201 CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited, et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-08 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) civil-procedure due-process federal-courts foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether plaintiffs must prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over foreign states sued under the Foreign Sover…
23A966 Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-29 Presumed Complete arbitral-exception circuit-split due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act requires satisfaction of the minimum-contacts test for personal jurisdiction over a foreign state
23A467 Erica Davis, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew Dale Davis, Deceased, and Minor Children, JC, Minor Child, SD, Minor Child, et al. v. Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Limited Ninth Circuit 2023-11-27 Presumed Complete contract-supervision due-process forum-state-activities minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction purposeful-availment Whether continuous supervision and management of a forum-state business's activities through a multi-year contract constitutes purposeful availment su…
23-504 Photoplaza, Inc., et al. v. Herbal Brands, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Amici (2) fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-state minimum-contacts nationwide-sales non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction substantial-connection suit-related-conduct third-party-fulfillment Whether a seller whose products ship nationwide is subject to personal jurisdiction in every forum into which even one of its products is shipped
23-5757 Marigdalia K. Ramirez-Fort v. Medical University of South Carolina, et al. First Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights defendant-contacts due-process forum-contacts forum-state-interests minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction state-interests What objective factors should courts rely upon to determine personal jurisdiction?
23-24 Grist Mill Capital, LLC v. Universitas Education, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied civil-procedure due-process forum-state general-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction reasonableness rule-60-motion specific-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether the Panel was correct in not following major decisions of both this Court including Daimler v. Baumann and International Shoe and its progeny …
22-7893 Liver Gruezo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction law-enforcement-procedures maritime-drug-law maritime-law minimum-contacts miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona stateless-vessel Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act violates Due Process
22-937 VNG Corporation v. Lang Van, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied civil-procedure due-process federal-rule internet-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction rule-4(k)(2) specific-jurisdiction Whether traditional due process principles apply to the exercise of specific personal jurisdiction over defendants based on their universally accessib…
22-802 Murco Wall Products, Inc. v. Michael D. Galier Oklahoma 2023-02-24 Denied Response Waived due-process fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-contacts fourteenth-amendment minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'minimum contacts' requirement for specific jurisdiction is satisfied whenever a defendant has made limited sales of products to customers…
22-477 Lezlie J. Gunn v. Hans-Peter Wild Sixth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied arise-from civil-procedure foreign-defendant foreign-defendants minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relate-to sixth-circuit specific-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent Should the requirement that a plaintiff's cause of action arise from or relate to the defendant's minimum contacts with a state apply to foreign natio…
22-467 HANWJH v. NBA Properties, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process fair-play-and-substantial-justice interactive-website international-shoe-standard minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction single-sale specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'minimum contacts' requirement is met to establish specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant
21-1045 I. M. v. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Maryland 2022-01-26 Denied Response Waived child-custody due-process forum-shopping international-law jurisdiction minimum-contacts parental-rights uccjea Whether the UCCJEA comports with the Due Process Clause, where it subjects an international parent to termination of parental rights, where the parent…
21-478 Ee Hoong Liang v. Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forum-non-conveniens minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction summary-judgment Questions Presented
20-1385 Tarek Obaid v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied 28-usc-1355 civil-forfeiture due-process in-rem in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts pennoyer-v-neff property-situs shaffer-v-heitner statutory-interpretation Does the Due Process Clause require application of the minimum-contacts test to in-rem proceedings?
20-1097 Karen C. Han v. Yangrai Cho Ninth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied civil-procedure domicile due-process foreign-citizenship foreign-defendant forum-state general-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction Whether a defendant who is a citizen of foreign country but is domiciled in a forum state is subject to the forum's exercise of general personal juris…
20-984 Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey v. Defense Distributed, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-25 Denied Amici (1) cease-and-desist due-process forum-state jurisdictional-challenge minimum-contacts nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction purposeful-availment specific-jurisdiction Whether a nonresident state official subjects itself to personal-jurisdiction in another forum-state when it sends a single cease-and-desist-letter to…
20-747 Peter F. Gary, et al. v. JTC Holdings, LLC Colorado 2020-11-30 Denied Response Waived choice-of-law civil-procedure corporate-governance due-process forum-selection long-arm-statute minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction tortious-conduct Does discussing business with Plaintiff's owner—a Colorado Resident—without more, allow Colorado to exercise personal jurisdiction over Defendants?
20-24 Great Lakes Minerals, LLC v. Ohio, et al. Kentucky 2020-07-15 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure comity declaratory-relief individual-capacity injunctive-relief minimum-contacts sovereign-immunity state-jurisdiction state-sovereign-immunity Whether the Court's decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt extends a state's sovereign-immunity to declaratory-and-injunctive-relief a…
19-1288 Alan Singer v. Mondex Corporation Arizona 2020-05-13 Denied appellate-procedure attorney-fees choice-of-law civil-procedure cross-appeal jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver Did the Arizona Supreme Court have subject matter jurisdiction to grant attorney's fees on behalf of an appellee after it declined to grant review; al…
19-528 John Wayne Scantlebury, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2019-10-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction article-iii collateral-attack criminal-procedure cross-border-tort due-process federal-officer-liability final-judgment minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction Whether criminal appeals from dismissals without prejudice are 'final' under 28 U.S.C. §1291
19-369 Ford Motor Company v. Adam Bandemer Minnesota 2019-09-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
19-368 Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al. Montana 2019-09-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
18-9263 Luis Felipe Valencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process international-law jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-law minimum-contacts stateless-vessel vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the MDLEA is unconstitutional due to lack of minimum-contacts requirement
18-1067 Ambac Assurance Corporation v. U.S. Bank National Association Minnesota 2019-02-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-limits due-process forum-state in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction trust trust-law trustee trustee-presence Whether a court may exercise in rem jurisdiction over a trust where the trust's primary assets are located outside the forum state
18-311 Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Maura Healey, Attorney General of Massachussetts Massachusetts 2018-09-11 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) commerce-clause conflict-among-courts court-compulsion due-process general-jurisdiction investigatory-document-request investigatory-request jurisdiction-basis minimum-contacts nonresident-corporation personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction third-party-contacts unrelated-subject-matter Whether a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation to compel its compliance with an investigatory document request wher…
18-165 DHL Supply Chain v. DEX Systems, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied calder-effects-test civil-procedure due-process electronic-server foreign-defendant forum-state internet-jurisdiction jurisdictional-analysis long-arm-statute minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction virtual-presence Whether a U.S. court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant based solely on the defendant's 'virtual presence' through electronic…