Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. McCall

U.S. Supreme Court

Question(s) Presented

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state to assert personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation, for claims not arising from or related to any contacts between the corporation and the forum state, on the ground that the corporation’s registration to do business in the state is deemed consent to general jurisdiction there.

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Petition Stage

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to review decision by Georgia Supreme Court upholding the state’s unconstitutional consent-to-general-jurisdiction statute

January 21, 2022

Click here to view the amicus brief filed jointly by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Product Liability Advisory Council Inc. Chilton D. Varner, Brandon R. Keel, Ashley C. Parrish, Jeremy M. Bylund, and Nicholas Mecsas-Faxon of King & Spalding LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.

Case Documents

Opinion -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. McCall (Georgia Supreme Court).pdf

U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf