Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Pitt v. Shefler (Cal. Ct. App. - June 24, 2026)

Do you think the Court of Appeal pays slightly more attention to a personal jurisdiction disputes when one of the parties in Brad Pitt, and the case involves his high-profile dispute with Angelina Jolie over the sale of their jointly-owned winery? I would be surprised if the answer was "No."

The Court of Appeal reverses the trial court's grant of the motion to quash, finding that personal jurisdiction in California exists. I'll leave everything else about the opinion to the higher-profile press articles that this particular dispute will undoubtedly receive.