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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Tyrance McCall

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Georgia, No. S20G1368 · judgment September 21, 2021

Certiorari denied · June 30, 2023
At-filing estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state to assert personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation, for claims not arising from or related to any contacts between the corporation and the forum state, on the ground that the corporation’s registration to do business in the state is deemed consent to general jurisdiction there.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Meir Feder
Jones Day

For respondent
Allison Brooke Bowen
Conley Griggs Partin LLP

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Order
Order list, June 30, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 30 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 29 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
  3. Apr 18 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
  4. Mar 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  5. Mar 11 2022
    Reply of petitioner Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  6. Mar 10 2022
    Rescheduled.
  7. Mar 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
  8. Feb 22 2022
    Brief of respondent Tyrance McCall in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  9. Jan 21 2022
    Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  10. Jan 18 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  11. Jan 12 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 22, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
  12. Jan 11 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  13. Jan 07 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2022 to February 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  14. Jan 03 2022
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
    Blanket Consent
  15. Dec 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service