No. 19-6499

John Berman v. David Modell

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: benefit-analysis civil-procedure due-process forum-state intentional-tort long-arm-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a court err by requiring a plaintiff to show what 'benefit' the defendant derived from intentional and allegedly tortuous actions aimed at the plaintiff's activities in the forum state?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. In a case of long-arm specific jurisdiction where an intentional tort is alleged to have been directed into the forum state, does a court err by requiring a plaintiff to show what “benefit” the defendant derived from his intentional and allegedly tortuous actions expressly aimed at the plaintiffs activities in the forum state?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 5, 2019)
2019-04-08
Application (18A1034) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 22, 2019.
2019-04-04
Application (18A1034) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 23, 2019 to June 22, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

John Berman
John Berman — Petitioner
John Berman — Petitioner