· 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
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- 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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