54 Cited authorities

Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945) Cited 22,590 times 109 Legal Analyses
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) )
Hanson v. Denckla
357 U.S. 235 (1958) Cited 7,871 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
Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
304 U.S. 64 (1938) Cited 20,390 times 18 Legal Analyses
Holding that state law governs substantive issues and federal law governs procedural issues
Van Dusen v. Barrack
376 U.S. 612 (1964) Cited 4,627 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that a "change of venue under § 1404 generally should be, with respect to state law, but a change of courtrooms"
Ferens v. John Deere Co.
494 U.S. 516 (1990) Cited 779 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding a transferee forum must "apply the law of the transferor court, regardless of who initiates the transfer"
In re Volkswagen of Am.
545 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2008) Cited 1,585 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding this prong to be satisfied when "the harm . . . will already have been done by the time the case is tried and appealed, and the prejudice suffered cannot be put back in the bottle"
Lewis v. ACB Business Services, Inc.
135 F.3d 389 (6th Cir. 1998) Cited 1,493 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a company whose principal purpose is to extend credit rather than collect debts is not a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
Heller Fin., Inc. v. Midwhey Powder Co., Inc.
883 F.2d 1286 (7th Cir. 1989) Cited 1,587 times
Holding that a "forum-selection clause is not dispositive under § 1404"
Gulf Ins. Co. v. Glasbrenner
417 F.3d 353 (2d Cir. 2005) Cited 461 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding venue improper unless "significant events or omissions material to the plaintiff's claim . . . occurred in the district in question, even if other material events occurred elsewhere"
Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia
339 U.S. 643 (1950) Cited 755 times
Holding that an Omaha mail-order company, with no physical presence in Virginia, was subject to Virginia regulation because it "did not engage in mere isolated or short-lived transactions [i]ts insurance certificates, systematically and widely delivered in Virginia . . ., create continuing obligations between the Association and each of the many certificate holders in the state"
Section 1404 - Change of venue
28 U.S.C. § 1404 Cited 28,373 times 184 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
Section 1391 - Venue generally
28 U.S.C. § 1391 Cited 27,824 times 197 Legal Analyses
Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred
Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 14,998 times 139 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
Section 236 - False imprisonment
Cal. Pen. Code § 236 Cited 2,704 times
Defining false imprisonment as "the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another
Section 78B-2-308 - Legislative findings - Civil actions for sexual abuse of a child - Window for revival of time barred claims
Utah Code § 78B-2-308 Cited 8 times
Finding that delayed reporting occurs because "it takes decades for children and adults to pull their lives back together and find the strength to face what happened to them" and that "the perpetrator is [often] a member of the victim's family" or, at the very least, "rarely a stranger"

Eric Norwood v. Children and Youth Services Inc. et al

54 Cited authorities

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

Holding that state law governs substantive issues and federal law governs procedural issues

Holding that a "change of venue under § 1404 generally should be, with respect to state law, but a change of courtrooms"

Holding a transferee forum must "apply the law of the transferor court, regardless of who initiates the transfer"

Holding this prong to be satisfied when "the harm . . . will already have been done by the time the case is tried and appealed, and the prejudice suffered cannot be put back in the bottle"

Holding that a company whose principal purpose is to extend credit rather than collect debts is not a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act

Holding that a "forum-selection clause is not dispositive under § 1404"

Holding venue improper unless "significant events or omissions material to the plaintiff's claim . . . occurred in the district in question, even if other material events occurred elsewhere"

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

Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

Defining false imprisonment as "the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another

Finding that delayed reporting occurs because "it takes decades for children and adults to pull their lives back together and find the strength to face what happened to them" and that "the perpetrator is [often] a member of the victim's family" or, at the very least, "rarely a stranger"