Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist.

Decided March 25, 2021. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 19-368 · 592 U.S. 351 (2021) · Cited 1,735 times

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.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
• Daimler AG v. Bauman · 571 U.S. 117 (2014)
• Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown · 564 U.S. 915 (2011)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• Walden v. Fiore · 571 U.S. 277 (2014)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · 466 U.S. 408 (1984)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)
• Milliken v. Meyer · 311 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330 (1979)
• Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin · 495 U.S. 604 (1990)
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty. · 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
• Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A. · 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
• International Textbook Co. v. Pigg · 217 U.S. 91 (1910)
• Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg · 512 U.S. 415 (1994)
• Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co. · 243 U.S. 93 (1917)
• Rosenberg Bros. & Co. v. Curtis Brown Co. · 260 U.S. 516 (1923)
• Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. Meyer · 197 U.S. 407 (1905)

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