492 U.S. 33 (1989) Cited 1,930 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding defendant to a preference action has a right to a jury trial pursuant to the Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution, but that right can be waived by filing a claim in the bankruptcy proceedings
486 U.S. 694 (1988) Cited 880 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that a state law permitting a foreign corporation to be served domestically through its U.S. subsidiary did not implicate the Hague Service Convention
Holding court "does not have jurisdiction over a defendant unless the defendant has been served properly" pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Concluding in that case that no government action threatened to punish any protected speech and, thus, holding that there was no chilling effect to be safeguarded against
Holding on a motion to vacate a default judgment when the defaulting defendant had actual notice of the original proceeding but delayed in bringing the motion, defendant bears the burden of proof
Holding that the plaintiff was in the zone of danger because she was in the same raft that had overturned and thrusted a person onto rocks and killed two others
28 U.S.C. § 1291 Cited 89,937 times 139 Legal Analyses
Granting jurisdiction to the courts of appeals from final decisions of federal district courts "except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 71,368 times 127 Legal Analyses
Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
28 U.S.C. § 1441 Cited 50,910 times 151 Legal Analyses
Holding that “[a]ny civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the ... laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties.”
Fed. R. Evid. 201 Cited 29,078 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."