No. 20-1821

Anton Shifchik, et al. v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, et al.

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2021-06-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: corporate-contacts due-process ford-motor-co-v-montana fourteenth-amendment general-jurisdiction international-shoe internet-commerce personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether it is consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for a state to exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation based solely on its virtual contacts with that state.

2. Where the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that defendants were not subject to specific personal jurisdiction in the absence of a "but for" causal relationship between defendants' contacts with New Jersey and plaintiff's injuries, whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment of the New Jersey Appellate Division, and remand the case in light of its recent decision in Ford Motor Co. v. Mont. Eighth Judicial Dist., 141 S. Ct. 1017, 1026 (2021), where it ruled that "[n]one of our precedents has suggested that only a strict causal relationship between the defendant's in-state activity and the litigation will do."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether internet commerce determines personal jurisdiction of foreign corporations

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent Wyndham Worldwide Corp., Wyndham Worldwide Operations, Inc.,Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC, Wyndham Hotel & Resorts, LLC, Wyndham Vacation Resorts LLC, Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc. to respond filed.
2021-07-19
Waiver of right of respondents East Pass Investors, LLC; Emerald Grande, LLC; and Harborwalk Holding, LLC to respond filed.
2021-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2021)

Attorneys

Anton Shifchik, et al.
Bruce Heller NagelNagel Rice, LLP, Petitioner
East Pass Investors, LLC; Emerald Grande, LLC; and Harborwalk Holding, LLC
Eliyahu S. ScheimanPorzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Respondent
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., Wyndham Worldwide Operations, Inc.,Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC, Wyndham Hotel & Resorts, LLC, Wyndham Vacation Resorts LLC, Wyndham Vacation Ownership , Inc.
Henry George AveryMcElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Respondent