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The June 27, 2023 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. demonstrates that the Justices of the Court, as currently constituted, have...

In a much anticipated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion that prohibited an out-of-state plaintiff from suing an out-of-state defendant for...

Can a state require a company, as a condition of doing business in the state, to consent to being sued there for any and all claims? In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 599 U.S....

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)

As the end of the term approaches, the Court is increasingly divided in its decisions. However, the composition of the majorities is not often the 6-3 conservative/liberal division...

On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. ___ (2023) substantially broadened (at least temporarily) the bases for general personal...

On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., No. 21-1168, holding that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had erred in concluding that the U.S....

SCOTUS rejected independent state legislature theory;claim that Elections Clause vests state legislatures with authority to set rules governing federal election

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co., No. 21-1168: This case addressed whether companies consent to...

The justices narrowly rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered in Pennsylvania and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. It was a