Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Maynard

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that \[t]he critical element for determining minimum contacts is not the volume of the activity but rather `the quality and nature of the activity'\ (citation omitted)
• recognizing that “[t]he critical element for determining minimum contacts is not the volume of the activity but rather ‘the quality and nature of the activity’ ” (citation omitted)
• observing that writ of prohibition is traditional method used in challenge to denial of motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction
• providing eleven factors for courts to consider for jurisdictional veil piercing, as opposed to substantive veil piercing
• “A parent-subsidiary relationship between corporations, one of which is ‘doing business’ in West Virginia, does not without the showing of additional factors subject the nonresident corporation to this state’s jurisdiction.”

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