Sher v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that partners “have potential liability” based on their stake in the partnership “but they are independent for jurisdictional purposes”
• holding that tort claims relating to the 4 alleged incompetence of the plaintiff’s attorneys arose out of the plaintiff’s contractual 5 relationship with them
• explaining that, without more, out-of-state contacts by mail and phone and payments sent from forum state did not establish “the deliberate creation of a ‘substantial connection’” with the forum state
• finding no purposeful availment in the course of negotiations when defendant “is solicited in its home state and takes no affirmative action to promote business within the forum state”
• “For purposes of personal jurisdiction, the actions of an agent are attributable to the principal.”
• “For 22 purposes of personal jurisdiction, the actions of an agent are attributable to the principal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

62 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-06-30· cited 1,487×
• Boschetto v. Hansing
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-08-20· cited 712×
• Bernard Picot v. Dean Weston
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-03-19· cited 460×
• Doe v. Unocal Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-27· cited 327×
• Dole Food Co. v. Watts
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-10· cited 306×
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Compagnie Bruxelles Lambert
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-28· cited 193×
• Elaine G. Caruth v. International Psychoanalytical Association
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-07-06· cited 170×
• Ziegler v. Indian River County
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-08-14· cited 161×
• Ama Multimedia, LLC v. Marcin Wanat
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-08-17· cited 144×
• Erica Davis v. Cranfield Aerospace Solutions
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-06-23· cited 61×
• Millennium Enterprises, Inc. v. Millennium Music, LP
  D. Oregon· 1999-01-04· cited 59×
• Ochoa v. J.B. Martin & Sons Farms, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-04-26· cited 55×
• Burri Law Pa v. William Skurla
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-06-03· cited 48×
• Brandon Briskin v. Shopify, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-04-21· cited 47×
• NetApp, Inc. v. Nimble Storage, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2014-05-12· cited 36×
• Luxul Technology Inc. v. Nectarlux, LLC
  N.D. California· 2015-01-26· cited 34×
• Doe v. Unocal Corp.
  C.D. California· 1998-11-18· cited 32×
• Cochran v. NYP Holdings, Inc.
  C.D. California· 1998-08-03· cited 30×
• H. Boone Porter etc. v. Frank S. Berall etc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-06-14· cited 30×
• Best Buy Co. v. Hitachi Ltd.
  N.D. California· 2014-03-13· cited 29×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 12,253×
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 8,668×
• Hanson v. Denckla
  Supreme Court· 1958-10-13· cited 7,025×
• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 6,200×
• Shaffer v. Heitner
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-24· cited 2,976×
• Data Disc, Incorporated v. Systems Technology Associates, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-07-13· cited 1,092×
• Rush v. Savchuk
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 772×
• Sher v. Johnson
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-08-17· cited 402×
• Wells Fargo & Co. v. Wells Fargo Express Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-04-22· cited 321×
• Frank Sinatra v. National Enquirer, Inc., and Clinic La Prairie, S.A.
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-08-23· cited 252×
• Mitchell B. Haisten, Individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Jean E. Haisten v. Grass Valley Medical Reimbursement Fund, Ltd.
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-03-17· cited 236×
• Linda Kowalski, N.K.A. Linda Larochelle v. Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, Attorneys at Law
  First Circuit· 1986-03-26· cited 156×
• Terrance Hirsch and Margaret Hirsch v. Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Kansas City
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-29· cited 127×
• Jen D. Cubbage v. Michael Merchent, S.W. Meyer, Parker Community Hospital
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-10-03· cited 96×
• Raisa R. Mayes v. David A. Leipziger and Levy, Leipziger and Normington, a Professional Law Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1982-03-17· cited 82×
• T.M. Hylwa, M.D., Inc. T.M. Hylwa, M.D. v. Gary Palka
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-07-28· cited 22×
• Brown v. Watson
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-02-15· cited 12×
• R. E. Sanders & Co. v. Lincoln-Richardson Enterprises, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1980-07-10· cited 10×