No. 20-238
Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. v. Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII
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 Folkman — Folkman LLC, Petitioner
Law Professors
Richard A. Simpson — Wiley Rein, LLP, Amicus
Professor Jie Huang
Minyao Wang — Hecht Partners LLP, Amicus
Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII
Thomas G. Hungar — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent