Personal JX
The foundational case establishing the "minimum contacts" test.
What is International Shoe?
Federal courts can always hear cases arising under this.
What is federal question jurisdiction?
Under what statute is Venue proper where any defendant resides if all defendants reside in the same state?
What is §1391(b)(1)
The Erie doctrine applies when a federal court sits in this type of jurisdiction.
What is diversity jurisdiction?
Allows plaintiffs to join multiple claims against a defendant.
What is Rule 18?
This doctrine allows PJ when a defendant purposefully targets the forum state.
What is purposeful availment?
Diversity jurisdiction requires complete diversity and what amount in controversy?
What is more than $75,000?
A corporation resides in any district where it is subject to this type of jurisdiction for venue purposes.
What is personal jurisdiction?
Under Erie/Hanna, this term describes when a Federal Rule or federal statute conflicts with a state law, meaning the court must decide whether the federal rule controls as long as it is valid under the Rules Enabling Act and constitutional.
What is a “direct collision”?
Necessary parties must be joined when feasible under this rule.
What is Rule 19?
This Supreme Court case held that a defendant’s mere awareness that a product could reach the forum is insufficient for PJ without conduct purposefully directed at the forum.
What is World-Wide Volkswagen?
Citizenship of a corporation is determined by these two locations.
What are the state of incorporation and principal place of business?
Transfer for convenience is governed by this statute.
What is §1404(a)?
This asks whether applying federal law would lead litigants to choose federal court for strategic reasons.
What is the forum-shopping(twin aims)?
This rule allows multiple plaintiffs or defendants if claims arise from the same transaction or occurrence.
What is Rule 20?
PJ is unconstitutional if asserting it would offend this.
What are traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice?
Mottley establishes that a federal defense does not create SMJ because of this rule.
What is the well-pleaded complaint rule?
Transfer when venue is improper is governed by this different statute.
What is §1406?
This test, from a 1941 Supreme Court case, asks whether a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure regulates procedure rather than substantive rights, holding that even rules affecting important interests are valid if they govern the judicial process.
What is the Sibbach test for determining whether a Federal Rule is procedural under the Rules Enabling Act?
Under Rule 14, this type of party may be brought into a case for indemnity or contribution.
What is a third-party defendant (impleader)?
The test used to evaluate whether claims are sufficiently related to a defendant’s forum contacts for specific jurisdiction.
What is the "arises out of or relates to" test?
Supplemental jurisdiction is governed by this statute.
What is 28 U.S.C. §1367?
A defendant can challenge venue through this specific rule/pleading mechanism.
What is a Rule 12(b)(3) motion to dismiss for improper venue?
This case held that federal judges cannot create "general federal common law."
What is Erie Railroad v. Tompkins?
is a type of issue preclusion that is used by a prior non-party when they seek to stop a prior party from re-litigating.
Offensive non-mutual issue preclusion