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Civil Procedure Jurisdiction

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Civil Procedure Jurisdiction analysis

Can X Superior court assert jurisdiction on Y

 General Jurisdiction Yes / No

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

 Specific Jurisdiction – Does it reasonably relate to or arise out of

o §XXX of given statute – i.e. “Fullest extent of Due Process”

o Substantive Due Process (Constitutional Prong) (Sovereignty) Substantial


Justice and Fair Play
 B.K. – Contacts plus and Convenience
 International Shoe – Minimum contacts, fair play and substantial justice,
arising out of, protections of laws.
 Hansen – Purposeful Availment, voluntary and beneficial
 WWVW – Purposeful Availment. Reasonably haled into court
(Convenience), stream of commerce
 Asahi – Stream of Commerce
 Pure – Brennan
 Plus O’connor

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

Assuming X can exert Personal Jurisdiction, Can Y Remove to federal court.

 Subject Matter Jurisdiction (2nd prong of §1441)

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.

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