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Nevada State Democratic Party v. Nevada Republican Party et al

MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction

12 Cited authorities

  1. Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington

    326 U.S. 310 (1945)   Cited 22,588 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) )

  2. Brockmeyer v. May

    383 F.3d 798 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 587 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Convention allows service by mail

  3. Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc.

    130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997)   Cited 560 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

  4. Direct Mail Spec. v. Eclat Computerized Tech

    840 F.2d 685 (9th Cir. 1988)   Cited 743 times
    Holding court "does not have jurisdiction over a defendant unless the defendant has been served properly" pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

  5. Terracom v. Valley Nat. Bank

    49 F.3d 555 (9th Cir. 1995)   Cited 402 times
    Holding that the defendant must have actually known that its product would reach the forum state before the "stream of commerce" theory will support the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the defendant

  6. Baker v. District Court

    116 Nev. 527 (Nev. 2000)   Cited 74 times
    Holding that a California defendant "purposely availed himself of the forum of Nevada by staying the night at the [plaintiff's hotel]"

  7. Trump v. District Court

    109 Nev. 687 (Nev. 1993)   Cited 89 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an agent’s contacts with the forum state are attributable to its principal

  8. Freeman v. District Court

    116 Nev. 550 (Nev. 2000)   Cited 10 times
    Holding that an insurance company's collection of a de minimis amount of insurance premiums in one particular year did not constitute “substantial or continuous and systematic” activities in Nevada to subject it to the court's general jurisdiction

  9. 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 345,885 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  10. Rule 4 - Summons

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 4   Cited 68,973 times   122 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

  11. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 22,032 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

  12. Section 527 - Political organizations

    26 U.S.C. § 527   Cited 72 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Subjecting 501(c) organizations to income tax for campaign activities