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· 1/4/1937

Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Bryant

Citations

  • 299 U.S. 374
  • 57 S. Ct. 273
  • 81 L. Ed. 289
  • 1937 U.S. LEXIS 2

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding a Rule 12(b)(6) motion in abeyance until resolution of pending personal jurisdiction challenge
  • “[T]he requirement of proper service of process ‘is not some mindless technicality.’”
  • “[T]he requirement of proper service of process ‘is not some mindless technicality.’”
  • personal jurisdiction “is an essential element of the jurisdiction of a district (formerly circuit) court as a federal court, and that in the absence of this element the court is powerless to proceed to an adjudication.”

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Judges: Van Devanter, Stone

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