Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Docket Number
Term
2022 Term
Lower Court Opinion
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Questions Presented
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from requiring a corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction to do business in the state.
Case Updates
Supreme Court rejects due process challenge to Pennsylvania statute requiring consent to general jurisdiction as a condition of business registration
June 27, 2023
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief explaining that the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause does not permit states to require consent to general jurisdiction as a condition of business registration
September 06, 2022
Click here to view the coalition amicus brief.
Peter B. Rutledge and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Lower Court Opinion -- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (Pennsylvania Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (U.S. Supreme Court)