Supreme Court Holds That State Statute Requiring Out-Of-State Companies To Consent To General Personal Jurisdiction As A Condition Of Doing Business Does Not Violate Due Process
07/06/2023
On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States held 5-4 that a Pennsylvania statute requiring an out-of-state company to submit to general personal jurisdiction within the Commonwealth when registering to do business there did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.,—U.S.—, 2023 WL 4187749 (2023). The Court left open, however, whether Pennsylvania’s statute might violate the dormant Commerce Clause doctrine, a question which will likely be considered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on remand.
