Ford Motor Company v. Bandemer
Consolidated with:
Docket No. | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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19-369 | Oct 7, 2020 | Mar 25, 2021 | 8-0 | Kagan | OT 2020 |
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 Justice Kagan on March 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.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Selling cars in a forum state relates to a claim involving a car sold elsewhere (Howard M. Wasserman, March 26, 2021)
- Court rules against Ford Motor Company in dispute over personal jurisdiction (Howard M. Wasserman, March 25, 2021)
- Argument analysis: Due process, causation and stopping points for a 1945 doctrine in a 2020 world (Howard M. Wasserman, October 9, 2020)
- Case preview: Defining relatedness in personal jurisdiction (Howard M. Wasserman, October 6, 2020)
- Justices to hear October arguments by phone (Amy Howe, September 16, 2020)
- Court releases October calendar (Amy Howe, July 13, 2020)
- Court releases April calendar (Amy Howe, February 21, 2020)
- Justices add three new hours of argument to calendar (Amy Howe, January 17, 2020)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, January 14, 2020)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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09/18/2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2019) |
09/26/2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Ford Motor Company. |
10/17/2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 21, 2019 to November 20, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
10/17/2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 20, 2019. |
10/21/2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
10/21/2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers filed. VIDED. |
11/20/2019 | Brief of respondent Adam Bandemer in opposition filed. |
12/04/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020. |
12/04/2019 | Reply of petitioner Ford Motor Company filed. |
01/13/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020. |
01/17/2020 | 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. |
01/17/2020 | 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.” |
02/21/2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2020. VIDED. |
02/26/2020 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Minnesota. |
02/26/2020 | The record received from the Supreme Court of Minnesota, the record has been electronically filed. |
03/06/2020 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice Of The Defense Bar filed. VIDED. |
03/09/2020 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Todd County District Court of Minnesota. (1-Box) |
03/19/2020 | CIRCULATED |
04/03/2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED. |
04/13/2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020. VIDED. |
07/13/2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. VIDED. |
10/07/2020 | Argued. For petitioner: Sean Marotta, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Deepak Gupta, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
03/25/2021 | 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. |
04/26/2021 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
04/26/2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |