No. 25-1208

Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Robert Willmore Mallory, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thurston Mallory, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2026-04-22
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-limits-on-jurisdiction dormant-commerce-clause due-process forum-non-conveniens personal-jurisdiction registration-based-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether "Pennsylvania's assertion of jurisdiction here—over an out-of-state company in a suit brought by an out-of-state plaintiff on claims wholly unrelated to Pennsylvania—violates" the Constitution, including the Commerce Clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Pennsylvania's assertion of general personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state company in a suit brought by an out-of-state plaintiff on claims wholly unrelated to Pennsylvania violates the dormant Commerce Clause and due process

Docket Entries

2026-04-23
Amicus brief of Atlantic Legal Foundation submitted.
2026-04-23
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
2026-04-22
Waiver of Robert Willmore Mallory, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thurston Mallory, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2026-04-22
Waiver of right of respondent Robert Willmore Mallory, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thurston Mallory, et al. to respond filed.
2026-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2026)

Attorneys

Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. EbnerAtlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Robert Willmore Mallory, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thurston Mallory, et al.
Daniel Caleb LevinLevin Sedran & Berman LLP, Respondent