Blue Gray Corporations I & II v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

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• holding there was no “compelling case” that jurisdiction is unreasonable where two factors favored jurisdiction, three disfavored jurisdiction, and two were neutral
• holding “[t]he checks ... which appellees attempt to minimize, would have depended upon activities in California____”
• suggesting that where purposeful availment or an alternative theory is satisfied, 4 then analysis of first reasonableness factor is “redundant”
• noting that when it is readily apparent that an amendment would be futile, the district court need not state its reasons for denying leave to amend

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