Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise, Inc.

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• stating that party challenging a limitation on discovery must show an abuse of discretion and prejudice
• holding the Diocese of Boise was not subject to suit in New Mexico because giving a priest permission to leave Idaho without retaining any control over his ministerial duties did not constitute a purposeful act
• finding no personal jurisdiction where non-resident diocese was not alleged to have had knowledge of any prior sexual abuse by priest and took no action to facilitate priest's placement in forum state beyond approving the transfer
• “As a general rule, ... personal jurisdiction may not be established by events which have occurred after the acts which gave rise to Plaintiffs claims.”
• it is the acts of the defendant, not the acts of a third party, that must provide basis for this state to exercise jurisdiction over the defendant
• “In a quiet title action, the burden of proof rests with the plaintiff to prove 24 good title in himself.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).