21 Cited authorities

  1. Hanson v. Denckla

    357 U.S. 235 (1958)   Cited 7,970 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that personal jurisdiction over defendant trustee was inappropriate when defendant's only contacts with the forum resulted from plaintiff-settlor's unilateral activity of moving to Florida
  2. Kalb v. Feuerstein

    308 U.S. 433 (1940)   Cited 566 times
    Holding that where a state court had ruled without jurisdiction, its decision was "void, and subject to collateral attack" in the subsequent proceeding
  3. Pennoyer v. Neff

    95 U.S. 714 (1877)   Cited 2,660 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that absent service of the summons and complaint, the defendant was deprived of “due process of law”
  4. Lubben v. Selective Serv. Sys. L. Bd. No. 27

    453 F.2d 645 (1st Cir. 1972)   Cited 251 times
    Holding that misinterpretation of jurisdictional requirements of statute do not make district court's order void or vulnerable to attack under Rule 60(b)
  5. McDonald v. Mabee

    243 U.S. 90 (1917)   Cited 267 times
    Holding that notice by publication was inadequate to secure jurisdiction over a defendant technically domiciled in Texas but who had actually gone elsewhere to establish residence, although in the same circumstances personal service at his Texas abode might have sufficed
  6. Jordon v. Gilligan

    500 F.2d 701 (6th Cir. 1974)   Cited 124 times
    Noting that appellate court dicta has persuasive precedential effect only
  7. United States v. Holtzman

    762 F.2d 720 (9th Cir. 1985)   Cited 90 times
    Holding that a five-year delay was not unreasonable
  8. Windsor v. McVeigh

    93 U.S. 274 (1876)   Cited 359 times
    In Windsor v. McVeigh, 93 U.S. 274, 282, 23 L. Ed. 914, Mr. Justice Field used the following language: "All courts, even the highest, are more or less limited in their jurisdiction; they are limited to particular classes of actions, such as civil or criminal; or to particular modes of administering relief, such as legal and equitable."
  9. Prather v. Loyd

    86 Idaho 45 (Idaho 1963)   Cited 12 times

    No. 9164. June 20, 1963. APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ADA COUNTY, MERLIN S. YOUNG, J. William R. Padgett, Boise, for appellants. Harold A. Ranquist, Boise, for respondents. In an action for the recovery of real property, it must be described in the complaint with such certainty as to enable an officer, upon execution, to identify it. Section 5-805, Idaho Code; Rule 9(j), I.R.C.P. Findings, conclusions and judgment which are contrary to and not supported by the facts, or are

  10. Thompson v. Whitman

    85 U.S. 457 (1873)   Cited 76 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In Thompson v. Whitman, 85 U.S. 457, 18 Wall. 457, 21 L.Ed. 897, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the record of a judgment rendered in another state may be contradicted as to the facts necessary to give the court jurisdiction; and if it be shown that such facts did not exist, the record will be a nullity even though it may recite that they did exist.
  11. Rule 60 - Relief from a Judgment or Order

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 60   Cited 55,111 times   152 Legal Analyses
    Granting relief from the operation of a judgment
  12. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,619 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud
  13. Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 7   Cited 7,848 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Defining "pleadings" for purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  14. Section 337 - Contract, obligation or liability founded upon written instrument; book account; rescission of contract

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337   Cited 1,705 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Governing rescissions of written contracts
  15. Section 1342 - Fictitious name or address

    18 U.S.C. § 1342   Cited 620 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Assuming a fictitious name or address to promote a scheme
  16. Section 1302 - Mailing lottery tickets or related matter

    18 U.S.C. § 1302   Cited 47 times
    Making it a crime to mail any lottery ticket or instrument representing a ticket or interest in a lottery
  17. Section 3003 - Mail bearing a fictitious name or address

    39 U.S.C. § 3003   Cited 6 times

    (a) Upon evidence satisfactory to the Postal Service that any person is using a fictitious, false, or assumed name, title, or address in conducting, promoting, or carrying on or assisting therein, by means of the postal services of the United States, an activity in violation of sections 1302, 1341, and 1342 of title 18, it may- (1) withhold mail so addressed from delivery; and (2) require the party claiming the mail to furnish proof to it of the claimant's identity and right to receive the mail.