Columbus Ry. Co. v. Patterson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that service under Rule 4(f)(3) was proper where plaintiff had already attempted service through the Convention without success
• vacating default is justified “if the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the case”
• personal jurisdiction over Chinese citizens who sent defamatory emails to plaintiffs business and professional associates, including recipients in Chicago
• “[a] domicile once existing continues until another is acquired’” (quoting Desmare v. United States, 93 U.S. 605, 610 (1876) (additional citations omitted)
• court-directed service under Rule 4(f)(3) appropriate when “there is a need for speed that cannot be met by following the Hague Convention methods”
• ‘The specific personal jurisdiction inquiry must be conducted separately for each of the[] [alleged] counts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).