No. 20-1756
Ethan Fullerton, et al. v. LG Chem, Ltd.
Response Waived
Tags: corporate-defendant domestic-corporations due-process fifth-amendment foreign-corporations fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-limits longarm-statute personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Jurisdiction
DueProcess FifthAmendment Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Should international corporate defendants with worldwide reach be granted jurisdictional protection not afforded domestic corporations?
2. Does a defendant who invokes federal court jurisdiction by removing a state action subject itself to federal jurisdictional limits under the Fifth Amendment?
3. Can a state limit the jurisdiction of federal courts by enacting a long-arm statute that is more restrictive than federal due process?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should international corporate defendants with worldwide reach be granted jurisdictional protection not afforded domestic corporations?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-14
Waiver of right of respondent LG Chem, Ltd. to respond filed.
2021-06-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2021)
Attorneys
Ethan Fullerton, et al.
LG Chem, Ltd.
Rachel Atkin Hedley — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Respondent