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Ford Motor Company v. Bandemer

Consolidated with Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (19-368)
Docket No.19-369
Op. BelowMinn.
ArgumentOct 7, 2020
Vote8-0
AuthorElena Kagan
OpinionMar 25, 2021
TermOctober Term 2020
SCOTUS PageOpinion

Holding

The connection between plaintiffs' product-liability claims arising from car accidents occurring in each plaintiff's state of residence and Ford's activities in those states is sufficient to support specific jurisdiction in the respective state courts, even though the automobiles involved in the accidents were manufactured and sold elsewhere.

Judgment

Affirmed, 8-0, in an opinion by Elena Kagan on Mar 25, 2021. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Gorsuch filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Thomas joined. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Sep 18, 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2019)Sep 26, 2019
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Ford Motor Company.Oct 17, 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 21, 2019 to November 20, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 17, 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 20, 2019.
Oct 21, 2019
Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.Oct 21, 2019
Brief amicus curiae of The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers filed. VIDED.Nov 20, 2019
Brief of respondent Adam Bandemer in opposition filed.
Dec 4, 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
Dec 4, 2019
Reply of petitioner Ford Motor Company filed.
Jan 13, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
Jan 17, 2020
Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-368 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Jan 17, 2020
Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-368. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-368. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Feb 21, 2020
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2020. VIDED.
Feb 26, 2020
Record requested from the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Feb 26, 2020
The record received from the Supreme Court of Minnesota, the record has been electronically filed.
Mar 6, 2020
Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice Of The Defense Bar filed. VIDED.
Mar 9, 2020
Record received from the U.S.D.C. Todd County District Court of Minnesota. (1-Box)
Mar 19, 2020
CIRCULATED
Apr 3, 2020
ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED.
Apr 13, 2020
Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020. VIDED.
Jul 13, 2020
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. VIDED.
Oct 7, 2020
Argued. For petitioner: Sean Marotta, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Deepak Gupta, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
Mar 25, 2021
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Barrett, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the cases. VIDED.
Apr 26, 2021
MANDATE ISSUED.
Apr 26, 2021
JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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