Perspective
Sep. 16, 2014
The new general jurisdiction
The U.S. Supreme Court has wrought a great deal of change in general jurisdiction recently, all while deciding two painfully easy cases. By Richard D. Freer
General in personam jurisdiction allows a court to enter judgment against a defendant on a claim that did not arise in the forum. (Specific jurisdiction, in contrast, applies when the defendant is sued on a claim arising from its actions in the forum.) No one doubts that general jurisdiction is appropriate over a corporation in the state where it is chartered. For generations, based upon International Shoe (1945), no one doubted that ge...
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