Consolidated Development Corp. v. Sherritt, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that specific personal jurisdiction arises out of a party’s activities in the forum that are related to the alleged cause of action
• holding “[t]he casual presence of a corporate agent in the forum is not enough to subject the corporation to suit where the cause of action is unrelated to the agent’s activities.”
• finding no general jurisdiction where foreign corporation issued bonds, appointed an agent for service of process, and marketed products through a subsidiary in the United States
• “It is well established that as long as a parent and a subsidiary are separate and distinct corporate entities, the presence of one in a forum state may not be attributed to the other.”
• “It is well established that as long as a parent and a subsidiary are separate and distinct corporate entities, the presence of one in a forum state may not be attributed to the other.”
• “It is well established that as long as a parent and a subsidiary are separate and distinct corporate entities, the presence of one in a forum state may not be attributed to the other.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).