Consulting Engineers Corp. v. Geometric Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that where a party has failed to satisfy the first prong of the specific jurisdiction test, the court need not analyze the remaining prongs
• holding that a court need not consider prongs two and three if plaintiff does not satisfy the first prong
• holding that a court need not consider prongs two and three if plaintiff does not satisfy the first prong
• holding that a court need not consider prongs two and three if the plaintiff does not satisfy the first prong
• holding that, even combined with a contract’s choice-of-law provision selecting Virginia law, “four brief emails, several telephone conversations ..., and . the exchange of the various drafts” was insufficient to show purposeful availment of forum state
• holding that personal jurisdiction exists where the party “made in-person contact with the resident of the forum in the forum state regarding the business relationship” and where “the performance of contractual duties was to occur within the forum.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

86 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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  Seventh Circuit· 2010-09-29· cited 317×
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  Fourth Circuit· 2016-03-07· cited 316×
• Universal Leather, LLC v. KORO AR, S.A.
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-12-08· cited 260×
• Tire Engineering & Distribution, LLC v. Shandong Linglong Rubber Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-06-06· cited 227×
• Perdue Foods LLC v. BRF S.A.
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-02-19· cited 166×
• ESAB Group, Incorporated v. Zurich Insurance PLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-07-09· cited 152×
• Germano v. Taishan Gypsum Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-28· cited 152×
• UMG Recordings, Incorporated v. Tofig Kurbanov
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-06-26· cited 151×
• Jones v. Koons Automotive, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2010-11-05· cited 68×
• Pan-American Products & Holdings, LLC v. R.T.G. Furniture Corp.
  M.D. North Carolina· 2011-11-14· cited 60×
• Dmarcian, Inc. v. Dmarcian Europe BV
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-02-14· cited 52×
• Callum v. CVS Health Corp.
  D. South Carolina· 2015-09-29· cited 50×
• Pinpoint IT Services, L.L.C. v. Atlas IT Export Corp.
  E.D. Virginia· 2011-07-13· cited 44×
• Hausfeld v. Love Funding Corp.
  D. Maryland· 2014-04-18· cited 36×
• Edwards v. Schwartz
  W.D. Virginia· 2019-03-19· cited 34×
• Sonoco Products Co. v. Ace Ina Insurance
  D. South Carolina· 2012-07-11· cited 28×
• Vision Motor Cars, Inc. v. Valor Motor Co.
  M.D. North Carolina· 2013-11-06· cited 25×
• Vance v. CHF International
  D. Maryland· 2012-06-20· cited 24×
• Cleaning Authority, Inc. v. Neubert
  D. Maryland· 2010-09-07· cited 23×
• Rao v. ERA Alaska Airlines
  D. Maryland· 2014-05-28· cited 19×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 12,253×
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 8,668×
• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 6,200×
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 3,642×
• McGee v. International Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,478×
• Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 1,640×
• David T. Combs Sarah E. Combs v. James O. Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker Richard Dortch
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-09-26· cited 730×
• National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent
  Supreme Court· 1964-01-06· cited 569×
• Blair & Co., Inc. v. Gottdiener
  Second Circuit· 2006-09-05· cited 566×
• ESAB Group, Inc. v. Centricut, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-10-17· cited 242×
• Young v. New Haven Advocate
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-12-13· cited 163×
• Richard D. Stover v. O'COnnell Associates, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-05-14· cited 137×
• English & Smith, a Virginia Partnership v. Michael H. Metzger
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-04-17· cited 133×
• Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Astraea Aviation Services, Inc., Doing Business as Dalfort Aviation, a Texas Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-05-28· cited 120×
• Jones v. R. S. Jones & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-06-11· cited 116×
• Peanut Corporation of America, International Marketing Associates, Inc. v. Hollywood Brands, Inc., Consolidated Foods Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-12-15· cited 102×
• Bruce M. Foster v. Arletty 3 Sarl Patrick Abadie
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-01-25· cited 94×
• Laura Quillen v. International Playtex, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-04-24· cited 82×
• DeSantis v. Hafner Creations, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1996-12-30· cited 44×