Planning Group of Scottsdale, L.L.C. v. Lake Mathews Mineral Properties, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the unilateral activity of the plaintiff in a state cannot create personal jurisdiction over the defendant in that state
• reiterating that “casual or accidental contacts by a defendant with the forum state” or contacts “established through the unilateral activities of the plaintiff” cannot support the exercise of personal jurisdiction
• recognizing need for case-by-case analysis because previous opinions “of less than definitive guidance”
• recognizing need for case-by-case analysis because previous opinions \of less than definitive guidance\
• noting that Ninth Circuit decisions \are not binding on this Court\
• rejecting a rigid distinction between purposeful availment and purposefully directed conduct when analyzing specific personal jurisdiction issues

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).