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Ralph Lewis v. Power Research, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 81538 · judgment January 15, 2021

Certiorari denied · March 7, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

The Due Process Clause permits a state court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant only when the plaintiff’s claims “arise out of or relate to” the defendant’s forum activities. Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 472 (1985). The question presented is: Whether the Nevada Supreme Court, in conflict with this Court’s decision in Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277 (2014), and with decisions of the Texas Supreme Court, the Second, Fifth, and Seventh Circuits, correctly held that a State may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant where the defendant does not live or work in the State, and the relevant conduct occurred overseas, merely because the defendant “aimed” his conduct at a resident of a State and was an officer of a corporation organized in the State?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas C. Wright
Wright Close & Barger, LLP

For respondent
Shawn Alexander Johnson
SAJ LAW PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Mar 07 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 16 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
  3. Feb 14 2022
    Reply of petitioner Ralph Lewis filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  4. Jan 27 2022
    Brief of respondents Power Research, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  5. Dec 09 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 27, 2022.
  6. Dec 08 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2021 to January 27, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  7. Nov 10 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 27, 2021.
  8. Nov 09 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 26, 2021 to December 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  9. Oct 27 2021
    Response Requested. (Due November 26, 2021)
  10. Oct 20 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
  11. Oct 13 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Power Research, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  12. Sep 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2021)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service