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Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Maura Healey, Attorney General of Massachussetts

Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, No. SJC-12376 · judgment April 13, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 6%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation to compel its compliance with an investigatory document request where jurisdiction is based principally on third-party contacts that are unrelated to the subject matter being investigated. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Seth Gardner Schofield
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A1326

Order
Order list, January 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Jan 07 2019
Petition DENIED.
Dec 19 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
Dec 19 2018
Reply of petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Dec 04 2018
Brief of respondent Maura Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts in opposition filed.
Nov 08 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 25, 2019.
Nov 06 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 28, 2018 to January 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 29 2018
Response Requested. (Due November 28, 2018)
Oct 24 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
Oct 11 2018
Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
Oct 11 2018
Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Sep 13 2018
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Sep 10 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2018)
May 31 2018
Application (17A1326) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until September 10, 2018.
May 29 2018
Application (17A1326) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 12, 2018 to September 10, 2018, submitted to Justice Breyer.
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