U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Rights
Sep. 24, 2020
Supreme Court set to consider limits of long-arm personal jurisdiction over nonresidents
The court will consider whether the ‘arise out of or relate to’ requirement for a state court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant is met when none of the defendant’s forum contacts caused the plaintiff’s claims, such that the plaintiff’s claims would be the same even if the defendant had no forum contacts.
Douglas K. deVries
Mediator
Judicate West
Email: doug@dkdmediation.com
Doug conducts litigation-related mediations statewide.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments October 7 in Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District, 19-368, involving the permissible constitutional limits of state exercise of long-arm personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants. California's expansive long-arm jurisdictional statute provides that its courts "may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or the United States."...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In