S.E.C. v. Ross
504 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir. 2007) Cited 471 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that relief defendants who were employed as sales agents for a company that violated securities laws had "presumptive title" to the commissions they "received compensation in return for services rendered"
Stubbs v. Wyndham Nassau Resort
447 F.3d 1357 (11th Cir. 2006) Cited 308 timesHolding that "a defendant waives any objection to the district court's jurisdiction over his person by not objecting to it in a responsive pleading."
Davenport v. Quinn
53 Conn. App. 282 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999) Cited 101 timesUpholding veil piercing claim where defendant "maintained exclusive control" over both corporations, "allowed one corporation to pay for the debts of another . . . in fact, authorized such a practice" and there was "no separate account for each corporation. If one corporation needed funds, Quinn authorized a transfer of funds from either his sole proprietorship or the other corporation."
A.W.L.I. Grp. Inc. v. Amber Freight Shipping Lines
828 F. Supp. 2d 557 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) Cited 53 timesHolding that plaintiff failed to establish jurisdiction over the defendant under section 302 where the plaintiff did not "allege any connection between property in New York State and the claimed injury"
Sun Trust Bank v. Sun International Hotels Limited
184 F. Supp. 2d 1246 (S.D. Fla. 2001) Cited 71 timesHolding forum selection clause reasonably communicative where forum selection clause was "set apart as a separate paragraph, in legible type" and was written in "sufficiently clear" language
Haile v. Henderson Nat. Bank
657 F.2d 816 (6th Cir. 1981) Cited 105 timesHolding that a district court that appointed a receiver over a church had jurisdiction over the receiver's actions against a Bank to collect receivership funds
S. E. C. v. Bilzerian
378 F.3d 1100 (D.C. Cir. 2004) Cited 49 timesHolding that the additional party's presence was not necessary for a defendant to raise certain defenses
Greene v. Sha-Na-Na
637 F. Supp. 591 (D. Conn. 1986) Cited 69 timesHolding that defendant's advertisement in a national newspaper available in Connecticut and on a national broadcast aired on a local Connecticut station were insufficient to constitute a "single purposeful business transaction" under § 52-59b
Langenberg v. Sofair
Case No. 03-CV-8339 (KMK) (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 11, 2006) Cited 28 timesDeclining to consider jurisdictional allegations made for the first time in memorandum of law
Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Morning Sun Bus Co.
10-CV-1777 (ADS)(AKT) (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 2, 2011) Cited 20 timesNoting that where a plaintiff's “own pleadings are internally inconsistent, a court is neither obligated to reconcile nor accept the contradictory allegations in the pleadings as true in deciding a motion to dismiss”
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 71,368 times 127 Legal AnalysesHolding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
Section 48.193 - Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of state
Fla. Stat. § 48.193 Cited 1,639 times 15 Legal AnalysesReferencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102
Section 754 - Receivers of property in different districts
28 U.S.C. § 754 Cited 356 times 5 Legal AnalysesIn 28 U.S.C. § 754, Congress has granted receivers authority to protect receivership "property, real, personal or mixed, situated in different districts."
Section 1692 - Process and orders affecting property in different districts
28 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 112 timesProviding for the ability of federal receivers appointed in one district to serve and execute process in any district in which the property at issue is located