Société Générale De Banque Au Liban, S.A.L. v. Ester Lelchook, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Martin Lelchook, et al.
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits the exercise of personal jurisdiction over: (i) a foreign-based non-culpable asset-and-liability purchaser which has (ii) no ties to the United States, connections or continuing relationship with the foreign-based seller, and (iii) under a foreign agreement governed by foreign law that has no connection to the forum.
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits the exercise of specific personal jurisdiction over a foreign-based asset purchaser with no direct forum contacts based on the jurisdictional status of a foreign seller under a successor liability theory