Court power over registered businesses
Samsung Electronics America v. Brewer
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Samsung asks whether Georgia can hear claims against it based on its business registration, even though court decisions saying registration counted as consent to broad jurisdiction came afterward.
- What's at stake
- Whether Georgia may hear claims against Samsung based on its registration remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The petition was sent to a Supreme Court conference for consideration; that step does not decide whether the Court will hear the case or resolve the constitutional question.
The petition says the Georgia decisions treating business registration as consent to broad jurisdiction came after Samsung had registered to do business.
Question presented
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a State to assert general jurisdiction without providing notice that registration constitutes consent to general jurisdiction, particularly where, as here, the judicial decisions supplying that notice were issued only after the corporation first registered to do business?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Nov. 13, 2026, conference, where the next question is whether to hear it. The distribution does not guarantee a decision date, and no oral argument is scheduled.
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Sources
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