Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Citations
- 205 U.S. 530
- 27 S. Ct. 595
- 51 L. Ed. 916
- 1907 U.S. LEXIS 1366
- 3 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 2805
Syllabus
<p>While in case of diverse citizenship the suit may be brought in the Circuit Court for the district of the residence of either party, there must be service within the district; and if the defendant is a non-resident corporation service can only be made upon it if it is doing business in that district in such a manner, and to such an extent, as to warrant the inference that it is present there through its agent.</p> <p>A railroad company which has no tracks within the district is not doing business therein in the sense that liability for service is incurred because it hires an office and employs -an agent for the merely incidental business of solicitation of freight and passenger traffic.</p> <p>147 Fed. Rep. 767, affirmed.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding no general jurisdiction when a corporate defendant's activities in the forum state were \in substance nothing more than that of solicitation\
- finding no general jurisdiction when a corporate defendant’s activities in the forum state were “in substance nothing more than that of solicitation”
- soliciting business alone in a state insufficient to establish that the corpora- tion was “doing business” there
- soliciting business alone in a state insufficient to establish that the corpora- tion was “doing business” there
- “sporadic business connections to Pennsylvania fall far short of the “continuous and systemic contacts” required to justify a court’s assertion of general jurisdiction.”
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Judges: Moody
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