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· 6/30/1997

United States Securities & Exchange Commission v. Carrillo

Citations

  • 115 F.3d 1540
  • 37 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1118
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 16038
  • 1997 WL 322290

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a defendant who solicited “American investors” and “maintain[ed] bank accounts” in the United States established minimum contacts with the forum
  • emphasizing that the defendant’s contacts must relate to the cause of action or have given rise to it
  • noting that it is well established that advertising “reasonably calculated to reach the forum” may be purposeful availment, as can direct solicitation mailings
  • finding that the nonresident corporation purposefully availed itself to the United States where it purchased advertisements numerous times in a widely circulated, complimentary airlines magazine and set up bank accounts to purchase unregistered securities
  • examining Fifth Amendment fairness requirement after establishing that alien defendant had sufficient minimum contacts with United States
  • examining Fifth Amendment fairness requirement after establishing that alien defendant had sufficient minimum contacts with United States

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Judges: Cox, Barkett, Smith

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