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Babcock v. Whatmore

Citations

  • 707 So. 2d 702
  • 1998 WL 79688

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.”

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Judges: Shaw

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Cites

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