Walden v. Fiore
- Decided
- February 25, 2014
- Docket
- 12-574
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- concluding that defendant’s out-of-state conduct directed at plaintiffs known to have connections to the forum state was insufficient for specific jurisdiction — Booth v. Kontomitras (2016)
- recognizing that “a nonresident’s physical presence within the territorial jurisdiction of the court is not required” to give rise to specific jurisdiction — Jason R. Searcy, as Trustee of the Exempt Assets Trust v. Parex Resources, Inc. (2016)
- holding that the plaintiffs contacts with the forum cannot alone establish contacts by the defendant — MG Design Associates, Corp. v. CoStar Realty Information, Inc. (2017)
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How the opinion begins
[*1119] Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. [*279] This case asks us to decide whether a court in Nevada may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant on the basis that he knew his allegedly tortious conduct in Georgia would delay the return of funds to plaintiffs with connections to Nevada. Because the defendant had no other contacts with Nevada, and because a plaintiff's contacts with the forum State cannot be "decisive in determining whether the defendant's due process rights are violated," Rush v. Savchuk, 444 U.S. 320 , 332, 100 S.Ct. 571 , 62 L.Ed.2d 516 (1980), we hold that the court in Nevada may not exercise personal jurisdiction under these circumstances.
I
Petitioner Anthony Walden serves as a police officer for the city of Covington, Georgia. In August 2006, petitioner was working at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport as a deputized agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). As part of a task force, petitioner conducted investigative stops and other law enforcement functions in support of the DEA's airport drug interdiction program.
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Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277 (2014)Read the full opinion
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