Ford Motor Co. v. Montana 8th Judicial District Court, et al. Pandora’s Box? Or much Alito about nothing?

In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two combined cases involving Ford Motor Company. In both cases, Ford had taken the curious (and ultimately rejected) position that it was not subject to personal jurisdiction for the claims arising in either location despite Ford’s essentially ubiquitous presence in both states. In an opinion that went largely unnoticed, the Supreme Court also rejected the arguments that Ford had raised below, but in so doing the Court dramatically expanded the reach of state courts over out of state Defendants. Or did it? If you have not had an opportunity to brush up on Constitutional civil procedure in a while (or since your first year of law school), join LMU Duncan School of Law Professor Thomas H. Shields III to learn about recent changes in the law and how Tennessee state courts are reading Ford case.

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