Isabella R. Chevalier And Roland J. Chevalier v. Joseph L. Charles, Et Al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
April 27, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
ISABELLA R. CHEVALIER AND ROLAND J.
CHEVALIER
VS.
JOSEPH L. CHARLES, ET AL.
No.2020-CC-00223
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IN RE: B
ayerische Motoren Werke AG - Applicant Defendant; Applying For
Supervisory Writ, Parish of St. Martin, 16th Judicial District Court Number(s)
87441C/W87442, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) CW1900776;
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April 27, 2020
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would deny.
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04/27/2020 "See News Release 013 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

04/27/20
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 2020-CC-0223
ISABELLA R. CHEVALIER
AND ROLAND J. CHEVALIER
V.
JOSEPH L. CHARLES, ET AL.
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO SIXTEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. MARTIN
PER CURIAM
Granted. Under the facts of this case, there is no basis for Louisiana to exercise
either general or specific personal jurisdiction over relator. See Bristol-Myers Squibb
Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco Cty., __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1773,
198 L. Ed 2d 395 (2017); Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117, 134 S. Ct. 746, 748,
187 L. Ed. 2d 624 (2014); Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown , 564
U.S. 915, 131 S. Ct. 2846, 180 L. Ed. 2d 796 (2011).
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is reversed. The declinatory
exception raising the objection of lack of personal jurisdiction is sustained, and
plaintiff’s action against relator, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, is dismissed with
prejudice.