Personal Jurisdiction Flashcards
PJ’s two-step process:
- PJ must fall within a statute
2. PJ must satisfy the constitution
Assessing constitutionality means assessing three factors:
Contact
Relatedness
Fairness
Contact =
Purposeful availment and foreseeability
Purposeful availment =
Voluntary act targeting the forum (doesn’t need physical presence in the forum)
Relatedness— does the cause or action _____ or _____?
Arise from, or is related to D’s contacts with the forum
If no specific PJ, might have general PJ. To have general PJ, the defendant must ___.
Be domiciled in the forum
Tag jurisdiction requires that ____.
D is served with process in the state she is voluntarily present in
Corporation is “at home” in the state in which ____ and the state in which ____.
It is incorporated; it is its principal place of business
Fairness comes into play with general PJ. T/F
False. Only specific PJ
Fairness factors:
Burden on D and witnesses
State’s interest
P’s interest