No. 21-478

Ee Hoong Liang v. Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forum-non-conveniens minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Personal Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens

1) All the parties are citizens and residents of the
Republic of Singapore, where they live, work, and
shared their investment group in which the "untruestatements" and "sales" by Mr. Ee allegedly occurred. The Singaporean plaintiffs, however, represented byUnited States lawyers, sued their fellow Singaporeanin the United States District Court, and the lowercourts ruled that specific jurisdiction existed over Mr.Ee because he visited North Dakota once and emailedto his fellow group members pictures of the "mancamps" in which they were all (Mr. Ee too) investing. Did this satisfy the "arise ou t of" or "relate to" aspects
of the minimum contacts requirement?

2) Was the District Court required to assess
principles of forum non conveniens in deciding whether
it was "reasonable" for the United States court toexercise personal jurisdiction over the foreign Mr. Eesuch that it did not "offend traditional notions of fairplay and substantial justice"?

Does Fed. R. Civ. Pr. 56 require a District Court to
assess all the evidence a moving party presents onsummary judgment, or may the court rely solely on"deemed admitted" Requests for Admissions obtainedby default – even if the sa les contracts and other proofs
also attached to the motion belie the elements of thebreach of contract and other claims on which theplaintiff demands judgment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Questions Presented

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-29
Brief of respondents Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-10-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 1, 2021.
2021-10-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2021 to December 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Ee Hoong Liang
Michael James ConfusioneHegge & Confusione, Petitioner
Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al.
Brian Orland MartyShindler Anderson Goplerud & Weese PC, Respondent
Alan L. RoscaRoscaLaw LLC, Respondent