Supreme Court Rejects “Causation-Only” Approach to Specific Personal Jurisdiction, Deeming Connection Between Plaintiffs’ Claims and Defendants’ Activities in Forum State “Close Enough” to Support Exercise of Jurisdiction
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21
On March 25, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the doctrine of specific personal jurisdiction does not turn solely on whether the defendants' activities in the forum state “gave rise to” the plaintiff’s claims. Instead, a court may exercise personal jurisdiction in certain cases where the defendant’s in-state activities bear a sufficient connection to the plaintiff’s claims to make the exercise of jurisdiction fair and reasonable. While Ford addressed jurisdiction in...
By: King & Spalding