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· 3/17/1986

Mitchell B. Haisten, Individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Jean E. Haisten v. Grass Valley Medical Reimbursement Fund, Ltd.

Citations

  • 784 F.2d 1392
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 23052
  • 54 U.S.L.W. 2485

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the cause of action must arise out of forum-related activities for specific 18 jurisdiction to attach
  • holding that the defendant purposefully availed itself of the forum state despite “no physical contacts between the forum state and the defendant”
  • recognizing “the strong state interest in regulating insurance which concerns the ‘lives and limbs’ of the public”
  • recognizing “the strong state interest in regulating insurance which concerns the ‘lives and limbs’ of the public”
  • finding that a defendant had 3 purposefully interjected oneself into California’s affairs because the defendant purposefully directed 4 activity at California residents
  • finding purposeful availment where defendant had no physical contact with forum, but insured forum residents

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Judges: Choy, Skopil, Schroeder

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