Minimum Contacts

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• Meyer v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n
  492 So. 2d 1314· Fla.· 1986-07-17 ·cited 29×
  Florida courts lack personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state insurance company under section 48.193(1)(d) where both the insurer and insured contracted in another state and the insured did not reside in Florida at the time of contracting, despite the policy's broad territorial
• Friedrich Wilhelm Waffenschmidt v. MacKay
  763 F.2d 711· 5th Cir.· 1985-06-21 ·cited 29×·via Minimum Contacts Doctrine
  Nonparties who reside outside a court's territorial jurisdiction may be subject to its jurisdiction if they actively aid and abet a party in violating a court order, with actual notice of that order.
• Martin v. Nelson Stokes t/a Nelson Stokes Garage and Allen R. Lisenby
  623 F.2d 469· 6th Cir.· 1980-06-19 ·cited 29×
  The choice of state law in a transferred diversity action depends on the nature of the transfer: a § 1404(a) transfer applies the transferor court's law, while a § 1406(a) transfer applies the transferee court's law.
• Skidmore v. Syntex Labs., Inc.
  529 F.2d 1244· 5th Cir.· 1976-04-12 ·cited 29×
  The court held that the plaintiff failed to make a prima facie showing of facts supporting in personam jurisdiction under the Texas Long Arm Statute.
• Republic Int'l Corp. (formerly Republic Int'l Eng'rs Corporation) v. Amco Eng'rs, Inc.
  516 F.2d 161· 9th Cir.· 1975-04-25 ·cited 29×
  The court held that service of process was valid under Rule 83 and that the Ministry had sufficient minimum contacts with California to establish personal jurisdiction. However, the court reversed the judgment based on enforceable forum-selection clauses requiring suit in Uruguay
• Buckley v. The NEW York Times Co.
  338 F.2d 470· 5th Cir.· 1964-10-26 ·cited 29×
• John T. Oxley and his wife v. Zmistowski
  128 So. 2d 186· Fla. 2d DCA· 1961-01-27 ·cited 29×
  Oxley, a nonresident defendant, appeals a declaratory judgment action concerning an option contract for Florida land. The court affirms jurisdiction over the nonresident defendant was properly obtained through substituted service on the Secretary of State, holding that the defend
• Stonepeak P'rs, LP v. Tall Tower Cap., LLC
  231 So. 3d 548· Fla. 2d DCA· 2017-08-11 ·cited 28×
  Stonepeak Partners, a Delaware investment firm with principal offices in New York, appealed an order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty action brought by Tall Tower Capital, a Florida firm. The cour
• Gleneagle Ship Mgmt. Co. v. Leondakos
  602 So. 2d 1282· Fla.· 1992-07-16 ·cited 28×
  The Florida Supreme Court held that limited discovery on jurisdictional issues is permissible while a jurisdictional question remains pending before the trial court, adopting the federal courts' approach and resolving a conflict between Florida district courts.
• Pellerito Foods, Inc. v. Am. Conveyors Corp.
  542 So. 2d 426· Fla. 3d DCA· 1989-04-25 ·cited 28×
  Pellerito Foods, a Michigan corporation, appealed the denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a breach of contract action brought by American Conveyors, a Florida corporation. The court affirmed, holding that Pellerito had sufficient minimum contacts
• Kravitz v. Gebrueder Pletscher Druck-Gusswaremfabrik
  442 So. 2d 985· Fla. 3d DCA· 1983-10-25 ·cited 28×
  A Florida appellate court reversed a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction in a products liability case, holding that a Swiss manufacturer of bicycle racks had sufficient minimum contacts with Florida through its distribution of identical products in the state, even though
• Brown v. Am. Broad. Co.
  704 F.2d 1296· 4th Cir.· 1983-04-11 ·cited 28×
  The court held that Virginia does not recognize a common law right of privacy, and that claims for business interference are subject to personal injury statutes of limitation, not property injury statutes. The accrual of an electronic surveillance claim is a jury question.
• Mountaire Feeds, Inc. v. Agro Impex
  677 F.2d 651· 8th Cir.· 1982-05-06 ·cited 28×
  The court held that a nonresident buyer's unilateral performance of a contract within the forum state, without more, is insufficient to establish the minimum contacts required by due process for personal jurisdiction.
• April Indus., Inc. v. Levy
  411 So. 2d 303· Fla. 3d DCA· 1982-03-23 ·cited 28×
  The Florida District Court of Appeal reversed a summary judgment, holding that a Delaware corporation's mere ownership of property held in escrow in Florida, and the actions of a Florida escrow agent, did not constitute "doing business" in Florida or a "tortious act" within the s
• Charia v. Cigarette Racing Team, Inc.
  583 F.2d 184· 5th Cir.· 1978-11-03 ·cited 28×
  The court held that the defendant boatbuilder's contacts with Louisiana were insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the state's long-arm statute and due process. The court affirmed the dismissal of the complaint.
• Harlo Prods. Corp. v. J. I. Case Co.
  360 So. 2d 1328· Fla. 1st DCA· 1978-08-03 ·cited 28×
  The court held that Florida Statute § 48.193(1)(f)2 is unconstitutional as applied to a foreign manufacturer whose product was used in Florida without the manufacturer purposefully availing itself of the privilege of conducting business there.
• Am. & Foreign Ins. Ass'n v. Commercial Ins. Co.
  575 F.2d 980· 1st Cir.· 1978-05-12 ·cited 28×
  The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to set aside a default judgment against insurance companies and their insured, as they failed to establish lack of personal jurisdiction or a meritorious defense.
• Pioneer Ins. Co. v. Gelt
  558 F.2d 1303· 8th Cir.· 1977-07-05 ·cited 28×
  The court held that the district court had personal jurisdiction over the defendant and did not err in denying his motion for relief from judgment.
• Hardy v. Pioneer Parachute Co., Inc.
  531 F.2d 193· 4th Cir.· 1976-01-22 ·cited 28×
  The court held that the district court had personal jurisdiction over the defendants under South Carolina's long-arm statute and the federal constitution.
• Edwards v. The Associated Press
  512 F.2d 258· 5th Cir.· 1975-04-25 ·cited 28×
  The court held that the Mississippi long-arm statute, as amended, confers jurisdiction over the Associated Press for a libelous tort committed in part within the state, and that exercising such jurisdiction does not offend due process.
• Polychronis Grammenos and Theodore Orfanides v. Lemos
  457 F.2d 1067· 2d Cir.· 1972-02-23 ·cited 28×·via Minimum Contacts Doctrine
  The court held that while service on Lemos was improper, the complaint should not have been dismissed, allowing plaintiffs to attempt proper service. Service on Nile through its agent Triton was also found inadequate.
• Becker v. Hooshang Hooshmand, M.D.
  841 So. 2d 561· Fla. 4th DCA· 2003-03-12 ·cited 27×
  Patricia Becker, a Pennsylvania resident, challenged the trial court's denial of her motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a defamation suit brought by a Florida physician based on her internet posts. The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed, holding that Flo
• Madison Consulting Grp. v. The State OF S.C.
  752 F.2d 1193· 7th Cir.· 1985-01-04 ·cited 27×
  The court held that the plaintiff's performance of a contract in the forum state, which was reasonably contemplated by the defendant at the time of contracting, can establish sufficient minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction, even if the solicitation occurred out-of-state.
• Alain Scordilis v. Drobnicki
  443 So. 2d 411· Fla. 4th DCA· 1984-01-04 ·cited 27×
  A Florida appellate court reversed a trial court's exercise of personal jurisdiction over a non-resident New York defendant in a contract dispute, holding that the defendant lacked sufficient minimum contacts with Florida to satisfy constitutional due process requirements for jur
• Walker v. Gale S. Newgent & Gen. Motors Corp. & its Opel Div.
  583 F.2d 163· 5th Cir.· 1978-11-02 ·cited 27×
  The court held that the plaintiff failed to establish personal jurisdiction over Adam Opel AG in Texas, either through the Texas long-arm statute or by imputing General Motors' contacts, and affirmed the grant of summary judgment for General Motors.
• Seymour v. Parke
  423 F.2d 584· 1st Cir.· 1970-03-27 ·cited 27×
  A state court cannot exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation for a cause of action unrelated to the forum, even if the corporation has continuous and systematic business contacts within the state, if the plaintiff has no connection to the forum and the only conv
• Fraley v. The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.
  397 F.2d 1· 3d Cir.· 1968-06-14 ·cited 27×
  The court held that the district court erred in dismissing the suit for lack of jurisdiction without requiring the defendant to answer interrogatories regarding its business activities in Pennsylvania.
• Fernandez v. Evert H. Chamberlain
  201 So. 2d 781· Fla. 2d DCA· 1967-08-04 ·cited 27×
  This case involves an interlocutory appeal of a motor vehicle accident suit where the defendant moved to quash substituted service effected through the Secretary of State under Florida's statute for serving residents who conceal their whereabouts. The court upheld the substituted
• Canale v. Rubin
  20 So. 3d 463· Fla. 2d DCA· 2009-11-04 ·cited 26×
  The appellate court reversed the trial court's determination that it had personal jurisdiction over Pennsylvania residents Canale and Jacana under Florida's long-arm statute. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to establish either general jurisdiction (requiring substantial
• New Lenox Indus., Inc. v. Fenton
  510 F. Supp. 2d 893· M.D. Fla.· 2007-05-03 ·cited 26×
  The court held that personal jurisdiction over the defendants was proper under Florida's long-arm statute and the Due Process Clause, and that the breach of contract claim was not time-barred on the face of the pleadings.
• Gahn v. Holiday Prop. Bond, Ltd.
  826 So. 2d 423· Fla. 2d DCA· 2002-08-09 ·cited 26×
  The court reversed the trial court's denial of attorney's fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes, holding that the defendants' motion to dismiss challenging personal jurisdiction was not supported by material facts or existing law, particularly after discovery revealed subst
• Hobbs v. DON Mealey Chevrolet, Inc.
  642 So. 2d 1149· Fla. 5th DCA· 1994-09-23 ·cited 26×
  This case addresses whether a Florida trial court had personal jurisdiction over American Financial Security Life Insurance Company (AFSLIC), a Missouri-domiciled insurance company, in a breach of contract action. The appellate court held that although AFSLIC's appointment of the
• Indus. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Consultant Assocs., Inc.
  603 So. 2d 1355· Fla. 3d DCA· 1992-08-18 ·cited 26×
  Industrial Casualty Insurance Company appeals from orders denying its motions to abate for improper venue and to dismiss for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction in a breach of contract suit brought by Consultant Associates in Dade County, Florida. The court affirmed,
• Dudley v. Dittmer
  795 F.2d 669· 8th Cir.· 1986-07-16 ·cited 26×
  The court held that the evidence was insufficient to support the fraud claim, but the general verdict could not stand due to the submission of both fraud and market manipulation theories.
• Loumar, Inc. v. Smith
  698 F.2d 759· 5th Cir.· 1983-02-22 ·cited 26×
  A successor judge has discretion to review a prior ruling on jurisdiction, and dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction was proper where the defendant's contacts with the forum state were minimal and insufficient to satisfy due process.
• Reliance Steel Prods. Co. v. Watson
  675 F.2d 587· 3d Cir.· 1982-04-15 ·cited 26×
  The court held that the defendant law firm did not have sufficient minimum contacts with Pennsylvania to establish personal jurisdiction.
• Welsh v. Gibbs
  631 F.2d 436· 6th Cir.· 1980-10-02 ·cited 26×
  The court held that the plaintiffs established a prima facie case for personal jurisdiction over the defendant under Ohio's long-arm statute, as the defendant's contacts with Ohio were sufficient and did not offend traditional notions of fair play.
• Poyner v. Erma Werke GMBH
  618 F.2d 1186· 6th Cir.· 1980-03-28 ·cited 26×
  A foreign manufacturer that purposefully avails itself of the privilege of conducting business in a state, even indirectly through a distributor, can be subject to personal jurisdiction in that state's courts if the cause of action arises from those activities and the exercise of
• Driver v. Helms
  577 F.2d 147· 1st Cir.· 1978-05-25 ·cited 26×
  The court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e) applies to former government officials and to damage actions against officials in their individual capacities, and that its nationwide service provision is constitutional.
• Vance M. Thompson. Jr. v. Ecological Sci. Corp.
  421 F.2d 467· 8th Cir.· 1970-02-04 ·cited 26×
  The court held that the defendant's purposeful availment of conducting activities within Arkansas, which gave rise to the cause of action, satisfied due process requirements for personal jurisdiction.
• Consol. Labs., Inc. v. Shandon Sci. Co., Ltd.
  384 F.2d 797· 7th Cir.· 1967-08-29 ·cited 26×
  The court held that defendants' transaction of business and commission of tortious acts within Illinois, as alleged, were sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the Illinois long-arm statute and satisfy due process requirements.
• The Curtis Publ'g Co. v. Colonel T. B. Birdsong
  360 F.2d 344· 5th Cir.· 1966-01-26 ·cited 26×
  The court held that while the defendant's activities might constitute 'doing business' under Alabama's long-arm statute, the lack of a sufficient nexus between Alabama and the parties or the injury meant Alabama was not a constitutionally permissible forum.
• Curtis Publ'g Co. v. Cassel
  302 F.2d 132· 10th Cir.· 1962-03-20 ·cited 26×
  A foreign corporation can be subject to service of process in Kansas if its wholly owned subsidiary acts as its agent and its combined activities constitute 'doing business' under the 'minimum contacts' due process standard.
• Toffel v. Baugher
  125 So. 2d 321· Fla. 2d DCA· 1960-12-23 ·cited 26×
  A trustee sued nonresident Illinois defendants for misrepresentation regarding the sale of Florida real estate, using substituted service on the Secretary of State under section 47.16 of the Florida Statutes. The court affirmed dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the
• McCABE v. McCABE
  600 So. 2d 1181· Fla. 5th DCA· 1992-05-22 ·cited 25×
  In this family law appeal, the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's denial of the wife's motion to divest jurisdiction over a dissolution of marriage and child custody action. The court held that the trial court lacked both personal jurisdiction over
• Foremost-McKESSON, Inc. v. The Islamic Republic OF Iran
  905 F.2d 438· D.C. Cir.· 1990-06-15 ·cited 25×
  The court held that the district court did not err in allowing Iran to amend its answer to include the defense of sovereign immunity, but remanded for further factual development on whether Iran exercised sufficient control over the dairy to overcome the presumption of separatene
• Sandstrom v. Chemlawn Corp.
  904 F.2d 83· 1st Cir.· 1990-05-17 ·cited 25×
  A voluntary dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a) renders prior proceedings a nullity, and any alleged jurisdictional consent from the dismissed action cannot be used to establish jurisdiction in a subsequent, separate lawsuit. Furthermore, a defendant's limited contacts with a foru
• Sinatra v. Nat'l Enquirer, Inc.
  854 F.2d 1191· 9th Cir.· 1988-08-23 ·cited 25×
  The court held that a Swiss clinic's purposeful direction of activities toward California, including advertising and the misappropriation of a California resident's name for commercial benefit, established sufficient minimum contacts to justify the exercise of personal jurisdicti
• Lanier v. The Am. Bd. OF Endodontics & the Am. Ass'n of Endodontists
  843 F.2d 901· 6th Cir.· 1988-03-31 ·cited 25×
  The court held that the defendants' contacts with Michigan were insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the state's long-arm statute and due process. The court also noted that the plaintiff waived objections to the untimeliness of the removal petition.
• Hirsch v. Blue Cross
  800 F.2d 1474· 9th Cir.· 1986-09-29 ·cited 25×
  The court held that Blue Cross had sufficient minimum contacts with California to establish personal jurisdiction, as it purposefully availed itself of the privilege of conducting activities in the state by contracting to provide coverage to California residents.