Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
471 U.S. 462 (1985) Cited 17,459 times 47 Legal AnalysesHolding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1984) Cited 9,517 times 26 Legal AnalysesHolding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
444 U.S. 286 (1980) Cited 11,111 times 33 Legal AnalysesHolding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma
Asahi Metal Indus. Co. Ltd. v. Superior Court
480 U.S. 102 (1987) Cited 4,992 times 40 Legal AnalysesHolding that, in suit by Taiwanese manufacturer for indemnification against Japanese manufacturer, the assertion by California court of personal jurisdiction over Japanese manufacturer was unreasonable
Calder v. Jones
465 U.S. 783 (1984) Cited 4,817 times 23 Legal AnalysesHolding a California court had personal jurisdiction over individual defendants when the defendants had not visited the state in connection with an allegedly defamatory article and "[we]re not responsible for the circulation of the article in California"
Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945) Cited 23,293 times 113 Legal AnalysesHolding that states may exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants with "certain minimum contacts with [the forum] such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend ‘traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice’ " (quoting Milliken v. Meyer , 311 U.S. 457, 463, 61 S.Ct. 339, 85 L.Ed. 278 (1940) )
Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co.
342 U.S. 437 (1952) Cited 1,848 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding company incorporated in Philippines was "at home" in Ohio when company's president moved to Ohio, kept an office, maintained company files, and oversaw company activities within Ohio
Vons Companies, Inc. v. Seabest Foods, Inc.
14 Cal.4th 434 (Cal. 1996) Cited 879 times 6 Legal AnalysesAdopting a “substantial nexus or connection” approach in applying the California long-arm statute and, in rejecting other approaches, questioning the wisdom “of importing a causation test from tort law to measure a matter that is fundamentally one of relationship and fairness rather than causation”
Pavlovich v. Superior Court
29 Cal.4th 262 (Cal. 2002) Cited 222 timesRejecting the personal jurisdiction of California courts in a trade secret infringement case over a Texan who posted the offending computer code on a website
Cornelison v. Chaney
16 Cal.3d 143 (Cal. 1976) Cited 139 timesHolding that "[t]he question of jurisdiction cannot be decided by the application of some precise formula," and rejecting "a rigid test in favor of a flexible approach grounded in the quality and nature of the activity of the defendant in the state seeking to exercise jurisdiction over him, fairness to the parties, and the orderly administration of the law"