Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
- Decided
- May 20, 1985
- Docket
- 83-2097
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that “fair warning” requirement of due process is satisfied when nonresident defendant has purposefully directed activities at forum residents — Luxury Travel Source v. American Airlines, Inc. (2008)
- holding that merely contracting with resident of forum state is insufficient to subject nonresident to the forum’s jurisdiction — Gordon & Doner, P.A. v. Joros (2009)
- recognizing that there is no reason to ignore the defendant’s consent to choice-of-law provisions when deciding proper jurisdiction — Goetz v. LUVRAJ, LLC (2010)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court.
The State of Florida’s long-arm statute extends jurisdiction to “[a]ny person, whether or not a citizen or resident of this state,” who, inter alia, “[b]reach[es] a contract in this state by failing to perform acts required by the contract to be performed in this state,” so long as the cause of action [*464] arises from the alleged contractual breach. Fla. Stat. § 48.193 (1)(g) (Supp. 1984). The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, sitting in diversity, relied on this provision in exercising personal jurisdiction over a Michigan resident who allegedly had breached a franchise agreement with a Florida corporation by failing to make required payments in Florida. The question presented is whether this exercise of long-arm jurisdiction offended “traditional conception[s] of fair play and substantial justice” embodied in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U. S. 310, 320 (1945).
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Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462 (1985)Read the full opinion
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