Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
471 U.S. 462 (1985) Cited 16,825 times 46 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.
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
444 U.S. 286 (1980) Cited 10,831 times 32 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
Calder v. Jones
465 U.S. 783 (1984) Cited 4,615 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"
Omni Capital Int'l v. Rudolf Wolff Co.
484 U.S. 97 (1987) Cited 1,881 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that due process concerns related to personal jurisdiction are alleviated where the defendant has consented to service
Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Robertson-Ceco Corp.
84 F.3d 560 (2d Cir. 1996) Cited 1,381 timesHolding that dismissal was appropriate where no witnesses or other evidence were located in Vermont, neither party was a resident, and "Florida, the locus of the alleged tort . . . ha far more significant interest[] in resolving the dispute"
Whitaker v. American Telecasting, Inc.
261 F.3d 196 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 912 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a "summons with notice may serve as an initial pleading under section 1446(b)."
Bank Brussels v. Fiddler Gonzalez Rodriguez
171 F.3d 779 (2d Cir. 1999) Cited 775 timesHolding that the plaintiff must establish all five elements in order to assert jurisdiction pursuant to section 3O2
Ball v. Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, S.A
902 F.2d 194 (2d Cir. 1990) Cited 885 timesHolding that plaintiff may defeat a 12(b) motion by pleading, in good faith, legally sufficient allegations of jurisdiction
Kreutter v. McFadden Oil Corp.
71 N.Y.2d 460 (N.Y. 1988) Cited 945 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that to establish jurisdiction under section 302, the plaintiff was not required to "establish a formal agency relationship between [the foreign] defendants and [the alleged agent]"; instead, the plaintiff needed only to "convince the court that [the alleged agent] engaged in purposeful activities in [New York] in relation to his transaction for the benefit of and with the knowledge and consent of the [foreign] defendants and that they exercised some control over [the alleged agent] in the matter"
In re Cuyahoga Equip. Corp.
980 F.2d 110 (2d Cir. 1992) Cited 684 timesHolding that § 1334(b) jurisdiction is satisfied by either the "conceivable effect" test of Pacor or the "significant connection" test of In re Turner, 724 F.2d 338, 340-41 (2d Cir. 1983)
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 345,981 times 922 Legal AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 1404 - Change of venue
28 U.S.C. § 1404 Cited 28,373 times 184 Legal AnalysesGranting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR
Section 1391 - Venue generally
28 U.S.C. § 1391 Cited 27,824 times 197 Legal AnalysesFinding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred
Section 201 - Short title
29 U.S.C. § 201 Cited 20,928 times 102 Legal AnalysesSetting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work
Section 216 - Penalties
29 U.S.C. § 216 Cited 16,373 times 140 Legal AnalysesHolding employers liable for “unpaid minimum wages, or their unpaid overtime compensation”