No. 23A258

Tracy Nixon v. General Motors Corporation

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: due-process-clause fifth-amendment long-arm-statute personal-jurisdiction registered-agent service-of-process
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER MOVANT PROPERLY PROCEDURALY BY STATUTE SERVE THE DEFENDANT COMPLAINT AND SUMMONS UPON DEFENDANT WHERE THERE IS COMPLETE DIVERSITY BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT AND WHETHER PLAINTIFF TRACY NIXON MET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT TO HAVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE DEFENDANT ACCORDING TO THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT.

WHETHER THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ERROR DISMISSING THE CIVIL COMPLAINT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION FOR INFRINGEMENT PLAINTIFF TRACY NIXON CAR DESIGN FOR THE GRAND SPORT CHEVEROLET CORVETTE.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal district court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant corporation where service of process was attempted pursuant to a state long-arm statute and the defendant failed to maintain a registered agent as required by state law, and whether such service comports with the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment

Docket Entries

2023-09-22
Application (23A258) denied by Justice Alito.
2023-09-12
Application (23A258) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Tracy Nixon
Tracy Nixon — Petitioner