Porina Ex Rel. Porins v. Marward Shipping Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the charterers “were free under the charters to take the ship to any safe port in the world”
• explaining that non-resident defendants can be subject to general jurisdiction based on a defendant’s “general business contacts with the forum”
• describing the three requirements for jurisdiction under Rule 4(k)(2); accord George Moundreas & Co SA v. Jinhai Intelligent Mfg. Co Ltd, No. 20 Civ. 2626, 2021 WL 168930, at (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 18, 2021
• “we construe the pleadings and affidavits in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, resolving all doubts in their favor”
• “Lebanon’s as well as Europe[]’s investigations into [Banque du Liban]’s Governor implicate {Banque du Liban], its ‘BOARD’ and other top executives at [Banque du Liban].” (emphasis in original)
• “In general jurisdiction cases, we examine a defendant’s contacts with the forum state over a period that is reasonable under the circumstances—up to and including the date the suit was filed.” (quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).