Ex Parte International Creative Management Partners, LLC, D/b/a Icm Partners (in Re: Jordan Taylor Pardue, a Minor…

Summary

The court granted mandamus relief and directed the circuit court to dismiss the claims against ICM for lack of personal jurisdiction. ICM's occasional booking of a concert in Alabama did not make it essentially at home in Alabama, and its limited, unsolicited negotiation of the performance agreement did not create the required relationship between ICM, Alabama, and the litigation. The court concluded that ICM's conduct neither gave rise to the episode-in-suit nor satisfied fair play and substantial justice.