No. 24-335

Vivendi S.E., et al. v. EPAC Technologies Ltd.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-09-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: contract-law due-process forum-selection-clause fourteenth-amendment nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-11-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permit the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant lacking any contacts with the forum state, on the sole basis that the defendant's "close relationship" with a third-party signatory to a contractual forum-selection clause renders litigation in that forum foreseeable, given that this Court has repeatedly held that foreseeability alone is inadequate for jurisdiction?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permit personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant with no forum contacts based solely on a 'close relationship' with a third-party contractual signatory?

Docket Entries

2024-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-10-25
2024-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent EPAC Technologies Ltd to respond filed.
2024-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2024)
2024-05-22
Application (23A1025) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until September 23, 2024.
2024-05-15
Application (23A1025) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 24, 2024 to September 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Bolloré SE, et al.
Vincent Gregory LevyHolwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner
EPAC Technologies Ltd
Sherman KahnMaschoff Brennan, Respondent
Professors John F. Coyle, William S. Dodge, and Robin Effron
F. Andrew Hessick III — Amicus