Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington

Holding 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) )

Shaffer v. Heitner

Holding that, once a judgment is validly rendered against a debtor, the judgment creditor may sue to satisfy the debt with property in a state that lacks personal jurisdiction over the judgment debtor

Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co.

Holding that, in the tort context, "[t]he `express aiming' analysis depends, to a significant degree, on the specific type of tort or other wrongful conduct at issue"

Mavrix Photo Inc. v. Brand Techs. Inc.

Holding that the defendant expressly aimed the content of "celebrity-gossip.net" at California because the site had a specific focus on the California-centric entertainment industry

Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Holding "court may consider evidence" on motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)

Brayton Purcell LLP v. Recordon & Recordon

Holding that in copyright infringement actions, 28 U.S.C. § 1400 "allow venue in any judicial district where, if treated as a separate state, the defendant would be subject to personal jurisdiction."

Collegesource Inc. v. Academyone Inc.

Holding "a corporation incurs economic loss, for jurisdictional purposes, in the forum of its principal place of business"

Data Disc, Inc. v. Sys. Tech. Assoc., Inc.

Holding that a court "may not assume the truth of allegations in a pleading which are contradicted by affidavit"

AT&T v. Compagnie Bruxelles Lambert

Holding that where the trial court rules on jurisdictional issue based on affidavits and without holding an evidentiary hearing, the plaintiff need only make a prima facie showing

Glencore Grain Rotterdam B.V. v. Shivnath Rai Harnarain Co.

Holding that there was no general jurisdiction where a defendant's only contacts with California amounted to sixteen shipments of rice sold through an independently employed sales agent

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 4 - Summons

Holding 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

Rule 19 - Required Joinder of Parties

Holding a person must be joined if disposing the action in the person's absence may leave an existing party subject to a "substantial" risk of incurring inconsistent obligations

Rule 81 - Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions

Recognizing that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure "apply to proceedings for habeas corpus . . . to the extent that the practice in those proceedings: is not specified in a federal statute, the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, or the Rules Governing Section 2255 Cases; and (B) has previously conformed to the practice in civil actions."

Section 203 - Jurisdiction; amount in controversy

Granting original jurisdiction to district courts over proceedings arising under the Convention

Rule 7 - Summons