Holding that, in the tort context, "[t]he `express aiming' analysis depends, to a significant degree, on the specific type of tort or other wrongful conduct at issue"
Holding that "an unqualified oral stipulation of dismissal made in open court satisfies Rule 41, even where no formal stipulation was signed by the parties"
Holding that, in states with statutes identical in all relevant respects to Wash. Rev. Code § 25.05.100, the actions of one partner do not impute to another partner for purposes of personal jurisdiction
Finding that defendant's failure to obtain substitute counsel, respond to discovery, and comply with orders of the court provided ample basis for district court's grant of default judgment for $1.2 million
Holding that a jailed litigant ought to be treated neither worse, nor better, than any other party when it comes to the conduct of litigation unless some special circumstance of confinement interferes with her ability to manage legal affairs
Holding that the defendant must have actually known that its product would reach the forum state before the "stream of commerce" theory will support the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the defendant