LAW 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Minimum Contacts, Federal-Question Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction
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Jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction- can be obtained in personan jurisdiction, the courts have jurisdiction over the people over the entity doing business in the particular state, a contract is made, where both parties are residents of new york state. The plaintiff could bring the action in ny state: to stay with this, if we went to another state, and made a contract with someone in that state, then we would not have jurisdiction in new york state. In persona jurisdiction, we go by the fact that the defendant was driving on new york street. Can the court in new york entertain the subject matter of this case? i. subject matter of case ii. amount of case: you cannot bring a personal injury case into a bankruptcy court. The court must be a court that can hear the case: if someone was to bring a case of less than 25,000 in supreme court, it would not be proper jurisdiction.
