1.4 – General Jurisdiction
Assessment Questions
Question 1
Which of the following statements about general jurisdiction is true?
a
When there’s general jurisdiction, the defendant does not need minimum contacts with the state.
b
When there’s general jurisdiction, the defendant’s contacts don’t have to be related to the plaintiff’s claims.
c
You can only have general jurisdiction over a corporation or an entity, not an individual.
d
You can only have general jurisdiction over an individual, not a corporation or an entity.
The central concept of general jurisdiction is that the defendant has so many contacts with the forum state that we don’t care if the plaintiff’s claims is related to those contacts. The defendant—whether an individual or an entity—is essentially “at home” in the forum state, so they can be sued there for any bad conduct, regardless of where it took place.
Question 2
Which of the following mischaracterizes where a party is “at home”?
a
A corporation is at home in the state where it’s incorporated.
b
An individual is at home in the state where she intends to reside indefinitely.
c
A corporation is at home in the state where it has its principal place of business.
d
A corporation is at home in any state where it does business.
A corporation is “at home” in two places: its state of incorporation and its principal place of business. Just doing business in a state is not enough to establish general jurisdiction.
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