Jurisdiction, Venue, and Forum

Jurisdiction

Specific Jurisdiction

Specific Jurisdiction

Specific Jurisdiction

The analysis requires purposeful availment of the forum, a relationship between the contacts and the claim, and reasonableness. Ford Motor confirmed that claims need only relate to rather than arise from the contacts.

The relatedness requirement is not strict causation.

Alternative Names:

Case-Linked Jurisdiction|Specific Personal Jurisdiction

Why it Matters?

Ford Motor broadened relatedness by holding that a defendant systematically serving a market may be sued there on claims involving its products even without a causal link between the specific in-state contacts and the plaintiff's injury. That decision limits the causation-based defense that previously succeeded where the product was sold elsewhere. Purposeful availment remains the analysis where forum contacts are attenuated.

Frequently asked questions

What did Ford Motor establish?

What defense remains?