27 Cited authorities

Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1984) Cited 9,465 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
437 U.S. 340 (1978) Cited 4,535 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding that that the production of putative class members' names pursuant to Federal Rule 26 was not "within the scope of legitimate discovery."
Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard
452 U.S. 89 (1981) Cited 1,459 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that, in considering a proposal to certify a class, the district court's discretion is "bounded by the relevant provisions of the Federal Rules"
Hickman v. Taylor
329 U.S. 495 (1947) Cited 6,599 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding in the context of the work product privilege that the adversary system requires a party's attorney be permitted to “assemble information, sift what he considers to be the relevant from the irrelevant facts, prepare his legal theories and plan his strategy without undue and needless interference”
Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Robertson-Ceco Corp.
84 F.3d 560 (2d Cir. 1996) Cited 1,435 times
Holding that district court committed reversible error by limiting timeframe of analysis to the single year prior to the filing of the action
Provident Nat. v. Cal. Fed. Sav. Loan Ass'n
819 F.2d 434 (3d Cir. 1987) Cited 1,063 times
Holding general jurisdiction proper where the defendant had no property in Pennsylvania and conducted no advertising and only a small percentage of its business in the state, but "the nature of [defendant's] contacts with Pennsylvania . . . was central to the conduct of its business."
Meier ex Rel. Meier v. Sun Intern. Hotels
288 F.3d 1264 (11th Cir. 2002) Cited 614 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that Florida has an interest in adjudicating disputes that arise from injury at Caribbean resort because millions of tourists travel to the Caribbean resorts from Florida
Stubbs v. Wyndham Nassau Resort
447 F.3d 1357 (11th Cir. 2006) Cited 317 times
Holding that "a defendant waives any objection to the district court's jurisdiction over his person by not objecting to it in a responsive pleading."
Lakin v. Prudential Secs., Inc.
348 F.3d 704 (8th Cir. 2003) Cited 296 times
Holding that the “Zippo model is an appropriate approach in cases of specific jurisdiction”
Gates Learjet Corp. v. Jensen
743 F.2d 1325 (9th Cir. 1984) Cited 432 times
Holding that defendant's seven visits over three years to the forum state, purchase of over $200,000 worth of products from the forum state, and numerous phone calls and letters to the forum state were more “occasional than continuous, and more infrequent than systematic”
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 163,831 times 197 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 100,320 times 686 Legal Analyses
Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Section 48.193 - Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of state
Fla. Stat. § 48.193 Cited 1,666 times 15 Legal Analyses
Referencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102

Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

27 Cited authorities

Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

Holding that that the production of putative class members' names pursuant to Federal Rule 26 was not "within the scope of legitimate discovery."

Holding that, in considering a proposal to certify a class, the district court's discretion is "bounded by the relevant provisions of the Federal Rules"

Holding that district court committed reversible error by limiting timeframe of analysis to the single year prior to the filing of the action

Holding general jurisdiction proper where the defendant had no property in Pennsylvania and conducted no advertising and only a small percentage of its business in the state, but "the nature of [defendant's] contacts with Pennsylvania . . . was central to the conduct of its business."

Holding that Florida has an interest in adjudicating disputes that arise from injury at Caribbean resort because millions of tourists travel to the Caribbean resorts from Florida

Holding that "a defendant waives any objection to the district court's jurisdiction over his person by not objecting to it in a responsive pleading."

Holding that the “Zippo model is an appropriate approach in cases of specific jurisdiction”

Holding that defendant's seven visits over three years to the forum state, purchase of over $200,000 worth of products from the forum state, and numerous phone calls and letters to the forum state were more “occasional than continuous, and more infrequent than systematic”

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

Referencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102