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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)
03/14/2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2016)
03/30/2016Waiver of right of respondent Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. to respond filed.
04/04/2016Waiver of right of respondent The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., n/k/a McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. to respond filed.
04/08/2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 23, 2016, for all respondents.
04/14/2016Waiver of right of respondent Keefe Bruyette & Wood, Inc. to respond filed.
04/15/2016Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
04/15/2016Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
05/23/2016Brief of respondent First Community Bank, N.A. in opposition filed.
06/06/2016Reply of petitioner Fitch Ratings, Inc., fka Fitch, Inc. filed.
06/07/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.
06/27/2016Petition DENIED.