Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
471 U.S. 462 (1985) Cited 17,225 times 46 Legal AnalysesHolding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1984) Cited 9,417 times 26 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 11,014 times 32 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 4,744 times 23 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 23,027 times 110 Legal AnalysesHolding 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) )
United Tech. Corp. v. Mazer
556 F.3d 1260 (11th Cir. 2009) Cited 909 timesHolding that " court without personal jurisdiction is powerless to take further action"
Posner v. Essex Insurance
178 F.3d 1209 (11th Cir. 1999) Cited 782 timesHolding that the plaintiff “alleged facts, unrebutted by Salem, that established a prima facie case of jurisdiction over Salem”
Cable/Home Communication Corp. v. Network Productions, Inc.
902 F.2d 829 (11th Cir. 1990) Cited 794 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that copyright infringement suit against publisher of advocacy campaign newsletter advertising illegal de-scrambling devices does not violate First Amendment
Oldfield v. Pueblo De Bahia Lora, S.A.
558 F.3d 1210 (11th Cir. 2009) Cited 377 timesHolding that a foreign defendant's website advertising its resort was the but-for cause of plaintiff's injury at the resort, but that such an injury was not a foreseeable consequence of that contact
Licciardello v. Lovelady
544 F.3d 1280 (11th Cir. 2008) Cited 366 timesHolding that the plaintiff’s trademark infringement allegations "satisf[ied] the Calder effects test for personal jurisdiction—the commission of an intentional tort, expressly aimed at a specific individual in the forum whose effects were suffered in the forum"
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 162,307 times 197 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Section 101 - Definitions
17 U.S.C. § 101 Cited 6,523 times 177 Legal AnalysesRecognizing the United States' adherence to provisions of the Berne Convention of 1886
Section 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general
17 U.S.C. § 102 Cited 2,292 times 121 Legal AnalysesGranting protection to "literary works"
Section 48.193 - Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of state
Fla. Stat. § 48.193 Cited 1,650 times 15 Legal AnalysesReferencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102
Rule 1001 - Definitions That Apply to This Article
Fed. R. Evid. 1001 Cited 402 times 3 Legal AnalysesDefining "writing" as "letters, words, numbers, or their equivalent set down in any form"