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Personal Jurisdiction and the Calder Effects Test: Ninth Circuit Sides with Florida Plaintiff in Defamation Suit Against Bishops

On June 3, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Arizona district court erred in dismissing a defamation suit for lack of personal jurisdiction. The suit was brought by an attorney ...
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Supreme Court Rejects Minimum Contacts Requirement to Subject Foreign States to Suits in the U.S. Under FSIA

On June 5, 2025, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Alito, the United States Supreme Court held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§1330, 1602 et seq., does ...
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Judges Slam 9th Circuit's ‘Minimum Contacts’ Rule as ‘Needless Roadblock’ for Plaintiffs

“Imagine requiring a state sponsor of terrorism to have minimum contacts with our country before allowing our citizens to vindicate the death or injury of a loved one....," Judge Patrick Bumatay wrote ...