Campbell's Adm'r v. Richmond & D. R.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that claims of injurious falsehood and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage \do not independently establish personal jurisdiction . . . because the entire complaint sounds in defamation\
• affirming order dismissing action after removal instead of considering Plaintiff’s motion for remand, as “[r]emoval does not waive any 12(b) defenses”
• rejecting the argument that defendant “waived his defense of lack of personal jurisdiction by removing to federal court,” explaining that “[rJemoval does not waive any Rule 12(b) defenses.”
• determining jurisdiction lacking under Section 302(a)(3) “because the entire complaint sounds in defamation”
• a court disposing of a case on personal jurisdiction grounds “should be convinced that the challenge to the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction is not easily resolved”
• “Plaintiffs may not evade the statutory exception by recasting their cause of action as something other than defamation.”

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