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Missouri, ex rel. Key Insurance Company v. Marco A. Roldan, Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Jackson County, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Missouri, No. SC97623 · judgment October 29, 2019

Certiorari denied · May 26, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a court’s exercise of specific personal jurisdiction over a nonresident liability insurer violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when the insurer’s only alleged contact with the forum state is a putative insured’s involvement in a motor vehicle accident in the forum.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Patrick Maloney
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford, P.C.

For respondent
Tom Hershewe
Dollar, Burnes & Becker

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 26 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
  3. Apr 29 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Marco A. Roldan, Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Jackson County, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Mar 27 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2020)