U.S. courts and foreign companies
Ramon Alberto Rodriguez v. Imperial Brands
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Ramon Alberto Rodriguez and other petitioners filed a request asking the Supreme Court to review the Eleventh Circuit’s use of Fourteenth Amendment fairness factors to block personal jurisdiction over foreign defendants, including Imperial Brands.
- What's at stake
- Whether federal courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over Imperial Brands in the petitioners’ dispute remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
They ask what test the Fifth Amendment requires under Rule 4(k)(2), and whether those factors defeat the jurisdiction federal law provides.
The petition asks whether Fourteenth Amendment fairness factors also limit federal-court jurisdiction under Rule 4(k)(2).
Question presented
What standard does the Fifth Amendment supply for personal jurisdiction under Rule 4(k)(2) over a foreign defendant — and, in particular, do the burden-centered reasonableness factors of this Court’s Fourteenth Amendment cases (factors Fuld never held required) supply that standard and defeat the jurisdiction federal law provides?
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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