26 Cited authorities

  1. Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

    466 U.S. 408 (1984)   Cited 9,375 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
  2. Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co.

    374 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 2,748 times   1 Legal Analyses
    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"
  3. Pebble Beach Co. v. Caddy

    453 F.3d 1151 (9th Cir. 2006)   Cited 1,058 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court "need not permit even limited discovery" where a "plaintiff's claim of personal jurisdiction appears to be both attenuated and based on bare allegations in the face of specific denials made by the defendants"
  4. Bancroft Masters, Inc., v. Augusta National

    223 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 1,233 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that California had personal jurisdiction over declaratory judgment defendant because of defendant's challenge to plaintiff's registration for its domain name, which challenge was filed with an agency located in Virginia but affected the plaintiff's ability to use the domain name in California
  5. Dole Food Co. v. Watts

    303 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,089 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because purposeful direction was established, it was "obvious" that the second prong of the minimum contacts test was also satisfied
  6. Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme

    433 F.3d 1199 (9th Cir. 2006)   Cited 957 times
    Holding that "the 'brunt' of the harm need not be suffered in the forum state" and "[i]f a jurisdictionally sufficient amount of harm is suffered in the forum state, it does not matter that even more harm might have been suffered in another state"
  7. Toys “R” Us, Inc. v. Step Two, S.A.

    318 F.3d 446 (3d Cir. 2003)   Cited 1,016 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that two sales initiated by the plaintiff cannot establish personal jurisdiction
  8. Harris Rutsky Co. v. Bell Clements

    328 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 832 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "100% control through stock ownership" and "shar[ing] the same offices . . . and some of the same staff" did not make one company the alter ego of the other
  9. Holland Am. Line Inc. v. Wärtsilä N. Am., Inc.

    485 F.3d 450 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 505 times
    Holding that forum selection clauses applied to non-signatories because larger contract involved transactions that included non-signatories
  10. Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc.

    130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997)   Cited 568 times
    Holding that the maintenance of a passive website that contained advertisements did not even justify the exercise of specific jurisdiction over the defendant, whom the plaintiff conceded was not subject to general jurisdiction
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 354,229 times   943 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 4 - Summons

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 4   Cited 71,368 times   127 Legal Analyses
    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