Babcock v. Whatmore

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a defendant waives a timely challenge to personal jurisdiction by seeking affirmative relief
• recognizing that a party waives objections to personal jurisdiction by seeking affirmative relief because \such requests are logically inconsistent with an initial defense of lack of jurisdiction\
• holding that a defendant “waives a challenge to personal jurisdiction by seeking affirmative relief” because “such requests are logically inconsistent with an initial defense of lack of jurisdiction”
• concluding that a challenge to personal jurisdiction is waived by seeking affirmative relief
• holding “a defendant waives a challenge to personal jurisdiction by seeking affirmative relief—such requests are logically inconsistent with an initial defense of lack of jurisdiction.”
• “[A] defendant waives a challenge to personal jurisdiction by seeking affirmative relief—such requests are logically inconsistent with an initial defense of lack of jurisdiction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).