Daimler AG v. Superior Court CA3

Filed 8/25/14 Daimler AG v. Superior Court CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

DAIMLER AG, C073449

Petitioner, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2009-00041066-CU-PL-GDS) v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

SACRAMENTO COUNTY,

Respondent;

DAVID PIERSON et al.,

Real Parties in Interest.

This opinion will be an exercise in brevity. That is because, while the present writ proceedings have been pending before us, no less an authority than the United States Supreme Court has decided the dispositive jurisdictional issue posed here. In Daimler AG v. Bauman (2014) 571 U.S. ___ [187 L.Ed.2d 624] (Bauman), the high court concluded that Daimler AG’s (Daimler) affiliations with California are insufficient…