26 Cited authorities

  1. Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

    466 U.S. 408 (1984)   Cited 9,417 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 2,790 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 1,070 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 1,236 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 1,101 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 970 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 1,027 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 841 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 509 times
    Holding that forum selection clauses applied to non-signatories because larger contract involved transactions that included non-signatories
  10. Johnson v. Arden

    614 F.3d 785 (8th Cir. 2010)   Cited 387 times
    Holding that Colorado defendant who posted an allegedly defamatory statement online about the Missouri plaintiff's business "does not create the type of substantial connection between [the defendant] and Missouri necessary to confer specific personal 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 358,269 times   949 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 72,489 times   129 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