34 Cited authorities

  1. Shaffer v. Heitner

    433 U.S. 186 (1977)   Cited 3,178 times   7 Legal Analyses
    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
  2. Hanson v. Denckla

    357 U.S. 235 (1958)   Cited 7,902 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that personal jurisdiction over defendant trustee was inappropriate when defendant's only contacts with the forum resulted from plaintiff-settlor's unilateral activity of moving to Florida
  3. Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer

    373 F.3d 1035 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 3,271 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding residue generated from the cultivation of bluegrass was not discarded because, among other things, it was reused "in a continuous process of growing and harvesting Kentucky bluegrass seeds, the generating industry"
  4. White v. Lee

    227 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 2,096 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, because it “is based on and implements the First Amendment right to petition,” the Noerr–Pennington doctrine “applies equally in all contexts”
  5. Mack v. S. Bay Beer Distribs., Inc.

    798 F.2d 1279 (9th Cir. 1986)   Cited 2,378 times
    Holding that state agency determination in unemployment hearing did not preclude federal employment discrimination claim because plaintiff did not have adequate opportunity to present discrimination claim before agency
  6. Thornhill Pub. v. General Telephone Elec

    594 F.2d 730 (9th Cir. 1979)   Cited 2,937 times
    Holding that conclusory and speculative affidavits are insufficient to defeat summary judgment
  7. State Farm Fire Cas. Co. v. Tashire

    386 U.S. 523 (1967)   Cited 741 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 1335 “require only ‘minimal diversity,’ that is, diversity of citizenship between two or more claimants, without regard to the circumstance that other rival claimants may be co-citizens” (footnote omitted)
  8. St. Clair v. City of Chico

    880 F.2d 199 (9th Cir. 1989)   Cited 833 times
    Holding that in a factual attack on subject matter jurisdiction, the Court may accept and evaluate evidence to determine whether jurisdiction exists
  9. Chan v. Society Expeditions, Inc.

    39 F.3d 1398 (9th Cir. 1994)   Cited 414 times
    Holding that the plaintiff was in the zone of danger because she was in the same raft that had overturned and thrusted a person onto rocks and killed two others
  10. Futureselect Portfolio Mgmt., Inc. v. Tremont Grp. Holdings, Inc.

    180 Wn. 2d 954 (Wash. 2014)   Cited 134 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Reversing trial court's dismissal of the case and reaching the issue of which state had the most significant relationship to the dispute
  11. Section 1125 - False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden

    15 U.S.C. § 1125   Cited 15,359 times   321 Legal Analyses
    Holding "the person who asserts trade dress protection has the burden of proving that the matter sought to be protected is not functional"
  12. Section 1335 - Interpleader

    28 U.S.C. § 1335   Cited 2,223 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Granting original jurisdiction to the district courts in "any civil action of interpleader or in the nature of interpleader" "if two or more adverse claimants . . . are claiming or may claim to be entitled to such money or property" as shall have been pleaded into court
  13. Section 4.28.185 - Personal service out-of-state-Acts submitting person to jurisdiction of courts-Saving

    Wash. Rev. Code § 4.28.185   Cited 450 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Granting personal jurisdiction upon "the transaction of any business within this state"
  14. Section 1655 - Lien enforcement; absent defendants

    28 U.S.C. § 1655   Cited 358 times
    Allowing district courts to order an absent defendant to appear in a case involving lien enforcement