34 Cited authorities

  1. Calder v. Jones

    465 U.S. 783 (1984)   Cited 4,760 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  2. Manuel v. Convergys Corp.

    430 F.3d 1132 (11th Cir. 2005)   Cited 678 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Affirming district court application of Georgia law to determine enforceability of non-compete agreement despite choice-of-law provision requiring application of Ohio law
  3. Posner v. Essex Insurance

    178 F.3d 1209 (11th Cir. 1999)   Cited 785 times
    Holding that the plaintiff “alleged facts, unrebutted by Salem, that established a prima facie case of jurisdiction over Salem”
  4. Licciardello v. Lovelady

    544 F.3d 1280 (11th Cir. 2008)   Cited 366 times
    Holding that the plaintiff’s trademark infringement allegations "satisf[ied] the Calder effects test for personal jurisdiction—the commission of an intentional tort, expressly aimed at a specific individual in the forum whose effects were suffered in the forum"
  5. Robinson v. Giarmarco Bill, P.C

    74 F.3d 253 (11th Cir. 1996)   Cited 523 times
    Holding that the long-arm statute extends jurisdiction over a defendant who allegedly caused injury in Florida by negligently drafting and reviewing a will outside of Florida
  6. Horizon Aggressive Growth v. Rothstein-Kass

    421 F.3d 1162 (11th Cir. 2005)   Cited 211 times
    Holding that relevant factors for deciding whether a business was being carried on include the presence and operation of an office in Florida, possessing a license to do business in Florida, the number of Florida clients, and the percentage of revenue gleaned from Florida clients
  7. Nodar v. Galbreath

    462 So. 2d 803 (Fla. 1985)   Cited 133 times
    Holding that ".. .there must be a showing that the speaker used his privileged position to gratify his malevolence."
  8. Polskie Linie Oceaniczne v. Seasafe Transport

    795 F.2d 968 (11th Cir. 1986)   Cited 122 times
    Noting that, if the defendant makes a showing of the inapplicability of the long-arm statute, "the plaintiff is required to substantiate the jurisdictional allegations in the complaint by affidavits or other competent proof, and not merely reiterate the factual allegations in the complaint"
  9. Londono v. Turkey Creek, Inc.

    609 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 1992)   Cited 87 times
    Holding that the failure to raise a compulsory counterclaim in the first suit will result in a waiver of that claim
  10. Brennan v. Roman Catholic

    322 F. App'x 852 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 50 times
    Holding that the defendant had sufficient minimum contacts with Florida partly because the plaintiff felt all of his harm from the intentional torts directed at him by the defendant in Florida
  11. 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 360,192 times   954 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,259 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Section 1404 - Change of venue

    28 U.S.C. § 1404   Cited 29,206 times   191 Legal Analyses
    Granting 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
  14. Section 1391 - Venue generally

    28 U.S.C. § 1391   Cited 29,065 times   199 Legal Analyses
    Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred
  15. Section 1407 - Multidistrict litigation

    28 U.S.C. § 1407   Cited 7,143 times   106 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing consolidation of pretrial proceedings for related cases filed in multiple federal districts
  16. Section 48.193 - Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of state

    Fla. Stat. § 48.193   Cited 1,661 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Referencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102