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Smart Toys And Games, Inc. v. Magformers, Llc

MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction

24 Cited authorities

  1. Daimler AG v. Bauman

    571 U.S. 117 (2014)   Cited 6,008 times   238 Legal Analyses
    Holding that foreign corporations may not be subject to general jurisdiction "whenever they have an in-state subsidiary or affiliate"

  2. Goodyear Dunlop Tires Oper. v. Brown

    564 U.S. 915 (2011)   Cited 5,538 times   88 Legal Analyses
    Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction

  3. Walden v. Fiore

    571 U.S. 277 (2014)   Cited 4,573 times   49 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, for specific jurisdiction, "the relationship must arise out of contacts that the 'defendant [it]self' creates with the forum State" (quoting Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 475 (1985))

  4. Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

    466 U.S. 408 (1984)   Cited 9,447 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

  5. Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington

    326 U.S. 310 (1945)   Cited 23,088 times   110 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) )

  6. Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co.

    374 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 2,815 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"

  7. Bancroft Masters, Inc., v. Augusta National

    223 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 1,239 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

  8. Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme

    433 F.3d 1199 (9th Cir. 2006)   Cited 976 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"

  9. Ranza v. Nike, Inc.

    793 F.3d 1059 (9th Cir. 2015)   Cited 622 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that employer was not an alter ego of its parent corporation, but that if it had been, the parent corporation's contacts could be attributed to the employer to establish personal jurisdiction over the employer

  10. Picot v. Weston

    780 F.3d 1206 (9th Cir. 2015)   Cited 579 times
    Holding that the defendant's two trips to California did not create sufficient minimum contacts to subject him to 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 359,986 times   954 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 410.10 - Generally

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 410.10   Cited 1,375 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Allowing for jurisdiction over non-residents coextensive with due process requirements