Supreme Court· 10/13/1958

Hanson v. Denckla

Citations

357 U.S. 235
78 S. Ct. 1228
2 L. Ed. 2d 1283
1958 U.S. LEXIS 752

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holding that a Defendant may not be required to defend an action in a foreign tribunal unless he has had “minimal contacts” with the forum state
holding that “[t]he unilateral activity of those who claim some relationship with a nonresident defendant cannot satisfy the requirement of contact with the forum State”
concluding that the Florida state court did not have personal jurisdiction over defendant based on the Fourteenth Amendment
holding that “[t]he basis of [in rem] jurisdiction is the presence of the subject property within the territorial jurisdiction of the forum State”
holding that \[t]he basis of [in rem] jurisdiction is the presence of the subject property within the territorial jurisdiction of the forum State\
holding that trust income payments made by trustee to settlor in Florida did not confer personal jurisdiction

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Judges: Warren, Black, Douglas, Burton, Brennan

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