No. 20-1033

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua S.A.B. de C.V., et al. v. Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: arising-out-of-test civil-procedure email-service federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-4(f)(3) foreign-defendants hague-service-convention narrative personal-jurisdiction service-of-process u.s.-contacts
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does service by email on the U.S. counsel of a foreign party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) violate the Hague Service Convention?

2. Does a case satisfy the "arising out of" test for personal jurisdiction merely because meetings in the United States were part of the "narrative" of the case, notwithstanding that the governing contract was formed and the alleged breach occurred outside the United States?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does service by email on the U.S. counsel of a foreign party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) violate the Hague-Service-Convention?

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-06-01
Reply of petitioners Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-05-14
Brief of respondent Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A. in opposition filed.
2021-03-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 14, 2021.
2021-03-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 14, 2021 to May 14, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-03-15
Response Requested. (Due April 14, 2021)
2021-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A. to respond filed.
2021-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A.
Eliot LauerCurtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Respondent
Gabriel HertzbergCurtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Respondent
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V., et al.
Derek L. ShafferQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Petitioner