STATE v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. 15-204.

142 A.3d 215 (2016)

2016 VT 22

STATE of Vermont v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, Scot L. Kline , Gavin J. Boyles and Robert F. McDougall , Assistant Attorneys General, Montpelier, Matthew F. Pawa , Benjamin A. Krass and Wesley Kelman of Pawa Law Group, P.C., Newton Centre, Massachusetts, Robert J. Gordon , Robin Greenwald and William A. Walsh of Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, New York, and Scott Summy , Celeste Evangelisti and Carla Burke Pickrel of Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, Texas, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Harry R. Ryan and Eric J. Morgan of Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, and M. Coy Connelly and Amy E. Parker of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendant-Appellant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND, ROBINSON and EATON, JJ.


¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the contours of the "stream-of-commerce" doctrine of personal jurisdiction, which was introduced by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1980 decision but later divided the Court with respect to its scope. Defendant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) challenges a decision...

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