Kotera v. Daioh International U.S.A. Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “an unsworn statement is not competent evidence in Oregon courts for establishing jurisdictional facts”
• upholding trial court’s exercise of discretion in declining, for reasons of comity and convenience, to hear case more appropriately suited to Japanese tribunal
• prima facie case of theft by receiving established by evidence that defendant unlawfully retained funds in connection with a real estate transaction
• emphasis in original; citations and some internal quotation marks and brackets omitted; brackets in Kotera
• trial court’s dismissal of complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction reviewed for legal error
• “Comity is a flexible concept that counsels us to enforce the laws of other states when, in the circumstances at hand, those laws neither offend international duty or convenience nor fail to protect the recognized rights of our citizens.” (Internal citations and quotation marks omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).