Direct Mail Specialists, Inc. v. Eclat Computerized Technologies, Inc., Dba Computerized Technology

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that default cannot be entered if the defendant has filed a response indicating 22 its intent to defend the action
• stating that only “substantial compliance with Rule 4” will provide personal jurisdiction over the defendant
• stating that only “substantial compliance with Rule 4” will provide personal jurisdiction over the defendant
• stating that service of process is not limited solely 23 to officially designated officers, managing agents, or agents designated to receive process
• noting that the company was small, making the role of a receptionist “commensurately large in the structure of the company,” particularly where she was the only employee in the office when the process server arrived
• discussing requirements for perfecting service against a corporation under Fed. R. Crv. P. 4(d)(3)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Signed Personal Check No. 730 of Mesle
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-04· cited 361×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ross
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-10-15· cited 247×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Internet Solutions for Business Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-12-11· cited 178×
• Prewitt Enterprises, Inc. v. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-12-18· cited 169×
• Karen L. Edwards v. Occidental Chemical Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-01-09· cited 107×
• Vanasse v. Ramsay
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1993-02-26· cited 87×
• Hall v. Haynes
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2010-08-26· cited 81×
• United States v. Angela Aguilar
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-04-10· cited 78×
• Clifton Whidbee v. Pierce County
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-05-26· cited 68×
• Harold E. Straub v. A P Green, Inc., and Atlas Turner, Inc., a Foreign Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-10-17· cited 55×
• North Central Illinois Laborers' District Council v. S.J. Groves & Sons Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-19· cited 54×
• Burleson v. Lathem
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-11-15· cited 50×
• Arbogast Family Trust v. River Crossings, LLC
  Utah Supreme Court· 2010-05-14· cited 49×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-06-01· cited 36×
• Cales v. Wills
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-11· cited 33×
• Johnson v. Rao
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-03-22· cited 33×
• R. Griggs Group Ltd. v. Filanto Spa
  D. Nevada· 1996-02-05· cited 30×
• Franchise Holding II, LLC v. Huntington Restaurants Group, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-07-20· cited 30×
• DFSB Kollective Co. v. Bourne
  N.D. California· 2012-09-13· cited 28×
• In Re Butts
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2006-09-18· cited 23×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• H. F. Livermore Corporation v. Aktiengesellschaft Gebruder Loepfe
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-09-18· cited 351×
• Steve Benny v. Danny Pipes and Charles Payne
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-05· cited 308×
• Eduard Falk and Lettye M. Falk v. Sun Cha Allen
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-08-02· cited 301×
• Jackson v. Hayakawa
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-08-03· cited 266×
• Jose Luis Pena v. Seguros La Comercial, S.A.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-09-04· cited 265×
• United Food Workers Union, Locals 197, 373, 428, 588, 775, 839, 870, 1119, 1179 & 1532 v. Alpha Beta Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-07-10· cited 185×
• Meadows v. Dominican Republic
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-05-14· cited 183×
• Popovich v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1987-12-07· cited 148×
• Leon Schwab v. Bullock's Inc., a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-01-06· cited 89×
• Top Form Mills, Inc. v. Sociedad Nationale Industria Applicazioni Viscosa
  S.D. New York· 1977-03-16· cited 66×
• Laura Wilson v. Moore and Associates, Inc., Dba Uni-Check, Fdba Telecheck Hawaii, a Hawaii Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-12-23· cited 62×
• Union Asbestos & Rubber Company, by Change of Name Unarco Industries, Inc. v. Evans Products Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1964-03-04· cited 47×
• Nichols v. Surgitool, Inc.
  W.D. New York· 1976-08-30· cited 13×