Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz

Holding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.

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) )

Trs. of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Nat'l Pension Fund v. Plumbing Servs., Inc.

Holding that absent a federal statute requiring nationwide service of process, the " 'minimum contacts' standard . . . [applies] when assessing whether personal jurisdiction is consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment"

Sucampo v. Astellas Pharma

Holding that a forum-selection clause may be enforced “under Rule 12(b) as a motion to dismiss on the basis of improper venue”

JTH Tax, Inc. v. Lee

Holding that a plaintiff's choice of venue is given substantial weight unless the plaintiff selects a foreign forum or one with little or no relation to the plaintiff's claim

Verosol B.V. v. Hunter Douglas, Inc.

Holding that because the plaintiff chose a foreign forum and the cause of action lacked any real connection to the chosen forum, plaintiff's choice of forum would not "impede transfer if the relevant § 1404 factors point to another forum"

Board of Trustees v. Sullivant Avenue Properties, LLC

Observing that the weight of plaintiff's choice of forum "varies depending on the significance of the contacts between the venue chosen by Plaintiff and the underlying cause of action"

Affinity Memory Micro v. K Q Enter.

Finding no personal jurisdiction based in part on the fact that the defendant did not initiate the business relationship and the defendant made no attempt to develop a market in the forum state or establish a continuing business relationship with the plaintiff

In re Ralston Purina Co.

Western Refining Yorktown, Inc. v. BP Corp. North America Inc.

Denying motion to dismiss because "both parties have advanced reasonable interpretations of the ambiguous contract provisions, extrinsic evidence not presently before the Court is necessary to resolve the ambiguity"

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

Section 1331 - Federal question

Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

Section 1404 - Change of venue

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

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

Section 1406 - Cure or waiver of defects

Recognizing that transfer is proper to any district or division in which the action could have been brought

Section 3729 - False claims

Holding liable "any person" who knowingly causes false claims to be presented

Section 3730 - Civil actions for false claims

Granting the government primary responsibility for conducting suit

Section 8.01-328.1 - When personal jurisdiction over person may be exercised

Providing that " court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person . . . as to a cause of action arising from the person's . . . [c]ausing tortious injury by an act or omission in this Commonwealth."

Section 3732 - False claims jurisdiction

Granting jurisdiction to district courts "over any action brought under the laws of any State for the recovery of funds paid by a State or local government if the action arises from the same transaction or occurrence as an action brought under section 3730"