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Fitch Ratings, Inc. v. First Community Bank, N.A.

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2016
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-1151 Tenn. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2015

Issue: Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a court, in the absence of specific or general jurisdiction, nevertheless exercises personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant under a theory of “conspiracy jurisdiction.”

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 14 2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2016)
Mar 30 2016Waiver of right of respondent Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. to respond filed.
Apr 4 2016Waiver of right of respondent The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., n/k/a McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. to respond filed.
Apr 8 2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 23, 2016, for all respondents.
Apr 14 2016Waiver of right of respondent Keefe Bruyette & Wood, Inc. to respond filed.
Apr 15 2016Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Apr 15 2016Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
May 23 2016Brief of respondent First Community Bank, N.A. in opposition filed.
Jun 6 2016Reply of petitioner Fitch Ratings, Inc., fka Fitch, Inc. filed.
Jun 7 2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.
Jun 27 2016Petition DENIED.