Kelley v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a court need not “‘ignore undisputed factual representations of the defendant which are consistent with the representations of the plaintiffs.” (quoting Kerry Steel v. Paragon Indus., Inc., 106 F.3d 147, 153 (6th Cir. 1997))
• concluding that a court need not “‘ignore undisputed factual representations of the defendant which are consistent with the representations of the plaintiffs.’” (quoting Kerry Steel v. Paragon Indus., Inc., 106 F.3d 147, 153 (6th Cir. 1997))
• stating that a court “may decide the motion upon the affidavits alone; it may permit discovery in aid of deciding the motion; or it may conduct an evidentiary hearing to resolve any apparent factual questions.”
• stating that a court “may decide the motion upon the affidavits alone; it may permit discovery in aid of deciding the motion; or it may conduct an evidentiary hearing to resolve any apparent factual questions.”
• “To defeat a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, a plaintiff . . . may not rely on his pleadings; he must, by affidavit or otherwise, set forth specific facts establishing that the court has jurisdiction.”
• “To defeat a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, a plaintiff has the burden of making a prima facie showing of facts sufficient to justify personal jurisdiction.” (citing Dean v. Motel 6 Operating L.P., 134 F.3d 1269, 1272 (6th Cir. 1998))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).