No. 25-1208
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Robert Willmore Mallory, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thurston Mallory, et al.
Tags: constitutional-limits-on-jurisdiction dormant-commerce-clause due-process forum-non-conveniens personal-jurisdiction registration-based-jurisdiction
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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. Ebner — Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton — Sidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Robert Willmore Mallory, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thurston Mallory, et al.
Daniel Caleb Levin — Levin Sedran & Berman LLP, Respondent