Hess v. Pawloski is a foundational Supreme Court decision that shaped the modern understanding of personal jurisdiction over non-resident motorists. Decided in 1927, the case addressed whether a state could designate a public official as… Hess v. Pawloski
Harris v. Balk is a landmark United States Supreme Court case that illustrates the unusual and highly formalistic jurisdictional rules that existed before the Court adopted the modern International Shoe “minimum contacts” framework in 1945. … Harris v. Balk
The case Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC v. Union Pacific R.R. Co. concerns a discovery dispute in a federal antitrust lawsuit. The plaintiffs accused several railroad companies of conspiring to fix fuel rates and surcharges,… Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.
Rao v. Era Alaska Airlines is a federal district court decision that deals with the question of whether a Maryland court may exercise personal jurisdiction over an Alaska-based airline whose only operations occur within the… Rao v. Era Alaska Airlines
The case of ALS Scan, Inc. v. Digital Service Consultants, Inc. addresses an important question that emerged as courts began applying traditional personal-jurisdiction principles to conduct occurring on the internet. As online activity expanded, courts… ALS Scan, Inc. v. Digital Service Consultants, Inc.
Calder v. Jones is a landmark 1984 United States Supreme Court decision that clarified when a state court may exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants whose intentional actions cause harm in that state. The ruling… Calder v. Jones
Facts of Jones v. Flowers In Jones v. Flowers, the Supreme Court examined whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment required the state to take additional steps to notify a property owner before… Jones v. Flowers
Gunn v. Minton is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that clarified the boundary between federal and state court jurisdiction in cases involving patent law. The central question in this case was whether a… Gunn v. Minton
In Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, the Supreme Court addressed whether a state court could exercise general personal jurisdiction over a foreign subsidiary of a U.S. corporation when the subsidiary had no continuous… Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown
Background of Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore The case of Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore arose from a dispute involving allegations of false and misleading proxy statements in connection with a corporate merger. The respondent,… Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore (1979)