34 Cited authorities

Goodyear Dunlop Tires Oper. v. Brown
564 U.S. 915 (2011) Cited 5,712 times 88 Legal Analyses
Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction
Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor
521 U.S. 591 (1997) Cited 7,224 times 69 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal.
137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017) Cited 2,292 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"
Moses H. Cone Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp.
460 U.S. 1 (1983) Cited 12,377 times 49 Legal Analyses
Holding that the FAA is "a congressional declaration of a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration"
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
499 U.S. 585 (1991) Cited 1,996 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that “all disputes and matters whatsoever arising under, in connection with or incident to this Contract” applied to a negligence action
Tamburo v. Dworkin
601 F.3d 693 (7th Cir. 2010) Cited 729 times
Holding that personal jurisdiction existed over a defendant who used "blast emails" to defame the plaintiff business and generate a boycott, noting that some of these messages even listed the plaintiff's address and urged people to harass the plaintiff
In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
288 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 2002) Cited 347 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that individual issues within state subclasses would render class action impracticable, even if litigated state-by-state
Kasalo v. Harris Harris
656 F.3d 557 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 182 times
Holding that a court "need not delay a ruling on certification if it thinks that additional discovery would not be useful in resolving the class determination"
ProCd, Incorporated v. Zeidenberg
86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996) Cited 271 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that terms inside a software box bind consumers who use the software after an opportunity to read the terms and reject them by returning the product
Hill v. Gateway 2000, Inc.
105 F.3d 1147 (7th Cir. 1997) Cited 202 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that customers were bound by the defendant's terms of service, including provisions they did not read, where they ordered a computer over the phone, received the terms of service in the mail along with the shipment, and did not return the product
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 75,322 times 132 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
Section 2072 - Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
28 U.S.C. § 2072 Cited 1,863 times 37 Legal Analyses
Granting the Supreme Court, not the parties, authority to "prescribe general rules of practice and procedure" for federal district court cases

Kessler v. Samsung Electronics America Inc

34 Cited authorities

Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction

Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval

Holding that the FAA is "a congressional declaration of a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration"

Holding that “all disputes and matters whatsoever arising under, in connection with or incident to this Contract” applied to a negligence action

Holding that personal jurisdiction existed over a defendant who used "blast emails" to defame the plaintiff business and generate a boycott, noting that some of these messages even listed the plaintiff's address and urged people to harass the plaintiff

Holding that individual issues within state subclasses would render class action impracticable, even if litigated state-by-state

Holding that a court "need not delay a ruling on certification if it thinks that additional discovery would not be useful in resolving the class determination"

Holding that terms inside a software box bind consumers who use the software after an opportunity to read the terms and reject them by returning the product

Holding that customers were bound by the defendant's terms of service, including provisions they did not read, where they ordered a computer over the phone, received the terms of service in the mail along with the shipment, and did not return the product

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

Granting the Supreme Court, not the parties, authority to "prescribe general rules of practice and procedure" for federal district court cases