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· 9/11/1990

Bernard Koteen v. Bermuda Cablevision, Ltd.

Citations

  • 913 F.2d 973
  • 286 U.S. App. D.C. 207
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 15781
  • 1990 WL 129376

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that company “purposefully established significant contacts with the District” by retaining a DC-based law firm, visiting the firm’s DC office, and communicating extensively with the firm by telephone and mail
  • finding exercise of personal jurisdiction proper and noting that such exercise was fair as the defendant was not severely burdened by having to litigate in D.C.
  • “[T]he [defendant’s] contacts with the District of Columbia must relate to the factual circumstances giving rise to the suit in order to support ‘specific jurisdiction’!.]”

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Judges: Silberman, Ginsburg, Thomas

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