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Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, et al. v. The Water Works and Sewer Board of the Town Centre, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alabama, No. 1170864, 1170894, 1171182, 1171196, 1171198 · judgment December 20, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 19, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a business petitioner.

Question presented

Whether a State may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant because the defendant knew (or should have known) that its conduct would have in-state effects, where all of the defendant’s relevant conduct occurred out of state and the in-state effects resulted from the unilateral actions of a third party.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For respondent
Warren N. Coppedge Jr.
Coppedge, Michmerhuizen, Rayburn I Attorneys at La

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 19 2021
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. GRANTED.
  2. Jan 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Dec 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
  4. Dec 29 2020
    Reply of petitioners Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  5. Dec 28 2020
    Brief of Arrowstar, LLC in support not accepted for filing. (February 04, 2021)
  6. Dec 11 2020
    Brief of respondents The Water Works and Sewer Board of the Town of Centre, et al. in opposition filed.
  7. Oct 28 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2020, for all respondents.
  8. Oct 27 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 16, 2020 to December 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Oct 15 2020
    Response Requested. (Due November 16, 2020)
  10. Oct 07 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  11. Sep 28 2020
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.
  12. Sep 24 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Arrowstar, LLC to respond filed.
  13. Sep 22 2020
    Brief of respondent The Dixie Group, Inc. in support filed.
  14. Sep 18 2020
    Letter from counsel for Textile Rubber and Chemical Company, Inc. received.
  15. Sep 16 2020
    Letter from counsel for Lexmark Carpet Mills, Inc. received.
  16. Sep 16 2020
    Letter from counsel for Engineered Floors, LLC, et al. received.
  17. Sep 15 2020
    Letter from counsel for MFG Chemical, Inc. received.
  18. Sep 15 2020
    Letter from counsel for Dorsett Industries, Inc. received.
  19. Sep 15 2020
    Letter from counsel for Oriental Weavers USA, Inc. filed.
  20. Sep 09 2020
    Letter pursuant to Rule 12.6, dated September 3, 2020, from counsel for petitioners received.
  21. Sep 01 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents the Water Works and Sewer Board of the Town of Centre, et al. to respond filed.
  22. Aug 24 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)