No. 25-1106

James Ethridge v. Samsung SDI Company, Limited

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-03-23
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process-clause fourteenth-amendment minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction product-liability state-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a company directly and regularly sells a product into a state, and that product causes injury in the state to one of the state's residents, does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause forbid the state from exercising personal jurisdiction over the company solely because the company took steps to limit sales only to some purchasers, for some uses, within the state?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits a state from exercising personal jurisdiction over a company that directly and regularly sells a product into the state causing injury to a resident solely because the company limited sales to certain purchasers for specific uses within the state

Docket Entries

2026-04-03
Brief of Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. in support submitted.
2026-04-03
Brief of respondent Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. in support filed.
2026-03-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2026)

Attorneys

James Ethridge
Jonathan Ellis TaylorGupta Wessler LLP, Petitioner
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Roy T. Englert Jr.Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP, Respondent