No. 20-238

Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. v. Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: arbitration arbitration-award civil-procedure foreign-relations hague-service-convention international-litigation judicial-sovereignty jurisdiction postal-service service-of-process
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. whether a private litigant can, by agreement with its opponent, waive a foreign state's objection to service by postal channels in its territory under the Hague Service Convention; and

2. whether the Convention preempts state law that defines the transmission of judicial documents abroad for the purpose of obtaining jurisdiction over a defendant as something other than service of process and thus as outside the scope of the Convention.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a private litigant can waive a foreign state's objection to service by postal channels under the Hague Service Convention

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-28
Supplemental brief of petitioner Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. filed. (Distributed)
2020-09-23
Brief amicus curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
2020-09-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-09-04
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII
2020-09-04
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd.
2020-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII to respond filed.
2020-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd.
Theodore Joel FolkmanFolkman LLC, Petitioner
Law Professors
Richard A. SimpsonWiley Rein, LLP, Amicus
Professor Jie Huang
Minyao WangHecht Partners LLP, Amicus
Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII
Thomas G. HungarGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent