Mullane v. Central Hanover Tr. Co.
339 U.S. 306 (1950) Cited 10,459 times 19 Legal AnalysesHolding that due process requires a hearing "appropriate to the nature of the case"
In GLG Life Tech Corp. Securities Litigation
287 F.R.D. 262 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) Cited 80 timesHolding service on a corporation's counsel was "certain to apprise [the chairman and chief executive officer of the corporation] of the pendency of th[e] action" against the chairman
Brown v. China Integrated Energy, Inc.
285 F.R.D. 560 (C.D. Cal. 2012) Cited 41 times 1 Legal AnalysesGranting plaintiffs' motion to effect alternative service by serving corporate defendant's U.S.-based counsel
Marcantonio v. Primorsk Shipping Corp.
206 F. Supp. 2d 54 (D. Mass. 2002) Cited 22 timesHolding that a party did not waive its challenge to personal jurisdiction in the District of Massachusetts by filing a compulsory cross-claim in a related limitation of liability action in the District of Maine; the "two cases were filed in two distinct district courts"
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 72,180 times 128 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