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Civil Procedure

Personal jurisdiction

10 case briefs on personal jurisdiction in Civil Procedure, each with the citation in the book’s form. All Civil Procedure briefs

  • Pennoyer v. Neff

    Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878).

    Can a state court enter a personal judgment that binds a non-resident defendant who was served only by publication and never appeared?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • International Shoe Co. v. Washington

    Int’l Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945).

    Did International Shoe's activities in Washington make it answerable, consistent with the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, to a proceeding in Washington to collect unpaid contributions to the state unemployment fund?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Shaffer v. Heitner

    Shaffer v. Heitner, 433 U.S. 186 (1977).

    Must a State's assertion of jurisdiction based on a defendant's property in the State, in rem or quasi in rem, meet the minimum-contacts standard of International Shoe?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson

    World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, 444 U.S. 286 (1980).

    Does the Due Process Clause allow an Oklahoma court to exercise in personam jurisdiction over a New York car dealer and its regional distributor when their only connection with Oklahoma is that a car sold in New York to New York residents was in an accident there?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz

    Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462 (1985).

    Did the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allow the Florida federal court to exercise personal jurisdiction over Rudzewicz, a Michigan franchisee, in Burger King's suit claiming he failed to make required franchise payments in Florida?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court

    Asahi Metal Indus. Co. v. Superior Court, 480 U.S. 102 (1987).

    Does a foreign manufacturer establish minimum contacts with a State merely because it sells components abroad knowing that the stream of commerce will carry some of them into that State?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Burnham v. Superior Court

    Burnham v. Superior Court, 495 U.S. 604 (1990).

    Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment bar a state court from exercising jurisdiction over a nonresident who was personally served with process while briefly in the State, in a suit unrelated to his activities there?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Daimler AG v. Bauman

    Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117 (2014).

    Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allow courts in California to exercise general jurisdiction over Daimler, a German company, on claims by foreign plaintiffs about conduct that took place entirely outside the United States, based on the California contacts of its American subsidiary?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court

    Ford Motor Co. v. Mont. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court, 592 U.S. 351 (2021).

    Does specific jurisdiction require a strict causal link between the defendant's forum contacts and the plaintiff's claims?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown

    Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915 (2011).

    Can North Carolina courts exercise general jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries of a United States company, on claims unrelated to any activity of the subsidiaries in the State, because some of their tires reached the State through the stream of commerce?

    Supreme Court of the United States