No. 18-167

MCC (Xiangtan) Heavy Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd. v. Liebherr Mining & Construction Equipment, Inc., dba Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co.

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2018-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights co-conspirators constitutional-law due-process forum-state nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2018-10-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Due Process Clause permits a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant based on the contacts of the defendant's alleged co-conspirators with the forum State, as the court below held; or whether the due process analysis looks only to the defendant's own contacts with the forum State and not those of alleged co-conspirators, as the Nebraska and Texas Supreme Courts have held.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause permits a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant based on the contacts of the defendant's alleged co-conspirators with the forum State

Docket Entries

2018-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-09-24
Reply of petitioner MCC (Xiangtan) Heavy Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd. filed. (Distributed)
2018-09-06
Brief of respondent Liebherr Mining & Construction Equipment, Inc., d/b/a Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co. in opposition filed.
2018-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 6, 2018)

Attorneys

Liebherr Mining & Construction Equipment, Inc.
Brett Alexander SpainWillcox & Savage, P.C., Respondent
MCC (Xiangtan) Heavy Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd.
John Patrick ElwoodVinson & Elkins, LLP, Petitioner