substantial-connection

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-504 Photoplaza, Inc., et al. v. Herbal Brands, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Amici (2) fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-state minimum-contacts nationwide-sales non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction substantial-connection suit-related-conduct third-party-fulfillment Whether a seller whose products ship nationwide is subject to personal jurisdiction in every forum into which even one of its products is shipped.
19-8615 Vera Zhiry and Pyotr Bondaruk v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP cross-examination federal-statute jurisdictional-hook mail-fraud materiality misrepresentation ninth-circuit remote-connection substantial-connection 1. For the crime of mail fraud, what level of connection between the fraudulent scheme and the mailing is required to trigger the federal statute's ju…
18-5311 Jack Reid v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure drug-forfeiture drug-offenses due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines property-rights property-seizure sentencing standing substantial-connection Under 21 U.S.C. §853 (a)(2), a person convicted of violating a federal drug law must forfeit to the government "any of the person's property used, or …