State control of out-of-state companies
Charter Consolidated v. Cape Intermediate Holdings
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Charter Consolidated and others ask the Supreme Court to review whether a person appointed by a South Carolina court to manage a company (a receiver) may control an out-of-state company’s lawsuits and internal affairs without recognition in the state where it was incorporated.
- What's at stake
- It remains unresolved whether the receiver may direct the company's lawsuits and internal affairs without recognition in its state of incorporation.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The petition was distributed for a conference, but the Court has not agreed to hear it.
The petition raises limits on what a state court can control about a company incorporated in another state.
Question presented
Whether the territorial limits on state courts’ power embodied in the Due Process Clause, the Commerce Clause, and principles of federalism prohibit a state-court receiver from controlling the litigation decisions and other internal affairs of an out-of-state corporation when the receiver has not been recognized in the corporation’s place of incorporation?
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. The petition was distributed for a Nov. 6, 2026, conference, but that does not guarantee review or an order date.
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Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.