Sharp Corporation et al v. Hisense USA Corporation et al
REPLY to opposition to motion re MOTION to Stay MOTION to Dismiss or, Alternatively, Stay the Action /Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or, Alternatively, Stay the Action [Public Redacted Version]
137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017) Cited 2,287 times 135 Legal Analyses
Holding plaintiffs had failed to establish personal jurisdiction over defendants in California in part because they "did not allege that they obtained [the drug at issue] through California physicians or from any other California source; nor did they claim that they were injured by [that drug] or were treated for their injuries in California"
457 U.S. 991 (1982) Cited 2,911 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that nursing home is not a state actor in part because provision of nursing home services is not a traditional and exclusive sovereign function
538 U.S. 468 (2003) Cited 535 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that a now-private corporation could not assert sovereign immunity in a suit involving events that occurred when the entity was owned by a foreign sovereign
Holding that "the 'brunt' of the harm need not be suffered in the forum state" and "[i]f a jurisdictionally sufficient amount of harm is suffered in the forum state, it does not matter that even more harm might have been suffered in another state"
Holding that a dispute stemming from an international arbitration under the Convention was not mooted by an Indonesian court’s annulment of the arbitral award because "as long as there is some interest in the outcome for which effective relief is available, the case is not moot"