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Audi AG v. L. W., a Minor, By and Through His Guardian Ad Litem Jared Furze, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, No. C098701 · judgment January 15, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
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 state court violates due process by exercising specific personal jurisdiction over a product-liability claim against a foreign manufacturer based on the manufacturer’s sales of its products abroad to an independent American distributor, which then marketed and sold the products in the forum State. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
For respondent
Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler LLP
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 30 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Dec 18 2025Rescheduled.
- Dec 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 10 2025Reply of petitioner Audi AG filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 24 2025Brief of respondents L.W., a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, Jared Furze, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 24 2025Brief amicus curiae of Alliance for Automotive Innovation filed.
- Oct 24 2025Brief amici curiae of German Association of the Automotive Industry, et al. filed.
- Oct 23 2025Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
- Oct 02 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2025.
- Sep 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 24, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 19 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2025)
- Jul 15 2025Application (25A54) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 20, 2025.
- Jul 09 2025Application (25A54) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 22, 2025 to September 20, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.