12 Cited authorities

Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945) Cited 22,892 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) )
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk
486 U.S. 694 (1988) Cited 880 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that a state law permitting a foreign corporation to be served domestically through its U.S. subsidiary did not implicate the Hague Service Convention
Alpine View Co. v. Atlas Copco AB
205 F.3d 208 (5th Cir. 2000) Cited 705 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that general jurisdiction did not exist where the defendant occasionally sold products to entities in Texas that used the defendant's products for projects in Texas and the defendant's employees made field visits to Texas between December 1992 and December 1993
Central Freight Lines Inc. v. APA Transport Corp.
322 F.3d 376 (5th Cir. 2003) Cited 378 times
Holding that the defendant shipper's awareness of and interference with a contractual relationship between two Texas-based companies whose business relationship centers around Texas and that resulted in harm to plaintiff in Texas supported personal jurisdiction in Texas
Dickson Marine Inc. v. Panalpina, Inc.
179 F.3d 331 (5th Cir. 1999) Cited 344 times
Holding Switzerland was an adequate alternative forum that "recognize causes of action for both contract and tort"
Jackson v. Tanfoglio Giuseppe, S.R.L
615 F.3d 579 (5th Cir. 2010) Cited 171 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding Louisiana court had no specific jurisdiction over Italian company alleged to have manufactured pistol because evidence showed that company began manufacturing pistols after the pistol that injured the plaintiff was produced
Electrosource, Inc. v. Horizon Battery Tech
176 F.3d 867 (5th Cir. 1999) Cited 191 times
Holding that Texas was the most efficient forum because the vast majority of witnesses and other evidence were located in Texas
First Inv. Corp. of the Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd.
703 F.3d 742 (5th Cir. 2013) Cited 28 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that dismissal on basis of lack of personal jurisdiction as matter of constitutional due process was appropriate
Northshore Reg'l Med. Ctr., L.L.C. v. Dill
115 So. 3d 475 (La. Ct. App. 2013) Cited 13 times
Declining “to look beyond” the Central Authority's certificate of service in determining whether service was properly effectuated
AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO. v. M/V BOW LION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-1306 c/w, 03-1594, 03-1797, 03-1864, 03-2003, SECTION "K" (2) (E.D. La. Apr. 6, 2004) Cited 2 times 1 Legal Analyses
CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-1306, C/W 03-1594, 03-1797, 03-1864, 03-2003 SECTION "K" (2) April 6, 2004 MINUTE ENTRY STANWOOD DUVAL, District Judge Before this Court is a Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(5) for Insufficiency of Service of Process (Rec. Doc. 225) filed by third — party defendant K.P. Chemical Corporation ("K.P Chemical"). Having reviewed the pleadings, memoranda, and relevant law, the Court GRANTS K.P. Chemical's motion as meritorious for reasons stated below. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff
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
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

Williams et al v. Rust Engineering & Construction, Inc. et al

12 Cited authorities

Holding that a state law permitting a foreign corporation to be served domestically through its U.S. subsidiary did not implicate the Hague Service Convention

Holding that general jurisdiction did not exist where the defendant occasionally sold products to entities in Texas that used the defendant's products for projects in Texas and the defendant's employees made field visits to Texas between December 1992 and December 1993

Holding that the defendant shipper's awareness of and interference with a contractual relationship between two Texas-based companies whose business relationship centers around Texas and that resulted in harm to plaintiff in Texas supported personal jurisdiction in Texas

Holding Switzerland was an adequate alternative forum that "recognize causes of action for both contract and tort"

Holding Louisiana court had no specific jurisdiction over Italian company alleged to have manufactured pistol because evidence showed that company began manufacturing pistols after the pistol that injured the plaintiff was produced

Holding that Texas was the most efficient forum because the vast majority of witnesses and other evidence were located in Texas

Holding that dismissal on basis of lack of personal jurisdiction as matter of constitutional due process was appropriate

Declining “to look beyond” the Central Authority's certificate of service in determining whether service was properly effectuated

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

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