Civil Procedure Jurisdiction
Civil Procedure Jurisdiction
Civil Procedure Jurisdiction
o Personal Service in X
Pennoyer – Territoriality & personal service
Burnham (Divorce case, presence in Cali) Present in Territory
o Traditional bases
Domicile/Residence/presence – Mas v. Perry
Agency – Long Arm statutes – Hess v. Polowski
Consent – Long Arm Statute
o Business Contacts
Perkins – Continuous and Systematic
Helicopterios – Stream of Commerce
o Convenience Factors
X’s interest – tax dollars for local economy, jobs
Y’s interest – hard to take witnesses somewhere, harder to travel to
defend (Brennan’s Mobility of Defense)
See venue and forum non conveniens
o Notice
Mullane – Reasonably calculated Notice
Rule 4 FRCP
X’s Rules of Civil Procedure
Smaller rules allowing for email or fax or whatever for service
o May be removed by ∆
o Policy – would want to avoid discrimination against out of stater
o §1332 – Diversity
Greater than $75,000
Claim made in good faith
Strawbridge – Complete diversity 3 part test
Nerve center – offices, corp decision making
Muscle (production/distribution)
Totality test (Big picture)
Mas – Domicile
If we have Personal Jurisdiction and Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Greaten than $75k
in questions, and complete diversity, Y can remove the case to federal court.