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
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

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 plaintiff's activities in the forum state?

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?

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