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Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft v. Blanca Hernandez, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A168869 · judgment March 21, 2025
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
Denyse Finn Clancy
Kazan McClain Satterley & Greenwood
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 30 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Dec 23 2025Reply of petitioner Volkswagen AG filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 10 2025Brief of respondents Blanca Hernandez, et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 05 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 10, 2025.
- Nov 04 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 10, 2025 to December 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 07 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2025)