33 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 254,433 times 279 Legal Analyses
Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
Daimler AG v. Bauman
571 U.S. 117 (2014) Cited 5,675 times 236 Legal Analyses
Holding that foreign corporations may not be subject to general jurisdiction "whenever they have an in-state subsidiary or affiliate"
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Oper. v. Brown
564 U.S. 915 (2011) Cited 5,253 times 86 Legal Analyses
Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1984) Cited 9,293 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
444 U.S. 286 (1980) Cited 10,867 times 32 Legal Analyses
Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma
Calder v. Jones
465 U.S. 783 (1984) Cited 4,638 times 23 Legal Analyses
Holding a California court had personal jurisdiction over individual defendants when the defendants had not visited the state in connection with an allegedly defamatory article and "[we]re not responsible for the circulation of the article in California"
Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945) Cited 22,663 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) )
Pinker v. Roche Holdings Ltd.
292 F.3d 361 (3d Cir. 2002) Cited 2,331 times
Holding that in ruling on a Rule 12(b) motion we must accept all of the plaintiff's allegations as true and construct disputed facts in favor of the plaintiff.
Leroy v. Great W. United Corp.
443 U.S. 173 (1979) Cited 966 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that while “[t]he question of personal jurisdiction, which goes to the court's power to exercise control over the parties, is typically decided in advance of venue, ... a court may reverse the normal order of considering personal jurisdiction and venue”
O'Connor v. Sandy Lane
496 F.3d 312 (3d Cir. 2007) Cited 1,147 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding a vacation company purposefully contacted Pennsylvania by mailing brochures and calling Pennsylvania residents
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 347,669 times 925 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 39,048 times 320 Legal Analyses
Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"
Section 1391 - Venue generally
28 U.S.C. § 1391 Cited 27,989 times 197 Legal Analyses
Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred
Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification
15 U.S.C. § 1051 Cited 3,800 times 123 Legal Analyses
Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark
Section 5322 - Bases of personal jurisdiction over persons outside this Commonwealth
42 Pa. C.S. § 5322 Cited 867 times 2 Legal Analyses
Authorizing the exercise of personal jurisdiction to the fullest extent permitted by the U.S. Constitution

The Limu Company, Llc v. Quality Craft Spirits Ltd.

33 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Holding that foreign corporations may not be subject to general jurisdiction "whenever they have an in-state subsidiary or affiliate"

Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction

Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma

Holding a California court had personal jurisdiction over individual defendants when the defendants had not visited the state in connection with an allegedly defamatory article and "[we]re not responsible for the circulation of the article in California"

Holding that in ruling on a Rule 12(b) motion we must accept all of the plaintiff's allegations as true and construct disputed facts in favor of the plaintiff.

Holding that while “[t]he question of personal jurisdiction, which goes to the court's power to exercise control over the parties, is typically decided in advance of venue, ... a court may reverse the normal order of considering personal jurisdiction and venue”

Holding a vacation company purposefully contacted Pennsylvania by mailing brochures and calling Pennsylvania residents

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark

Authorizing the exercise of personal jurisdiction to the fullest extent permitted by the U.S. Constitution