BLAW 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Personal Jurisdiction, Minimum Contacts, Default Judgment
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Litigation is going to court for trial, process of filing claims to eventually go to court. Introducing witnesses, evidence, judge and jury, opening and closing statements, etc. Before you go to trial, court must have. Subject matter jurisdiction - court"s authority to hear a particular type of a case. Trial courts of limited general jurisdiction - any range of cases. Personal jurisdiction -- legal authority of the court to require the defendant to stand trial, etc. Court must have subject matter and personal jurisdiction. The individual lives in the state where the lawsuit is filed. For companies, the defendant must be doing business in that state. Defendant can take a formal step to defend a lawsuit in the state, there is personal jurisdiction. If the summons is served on a defendant. Like a certain state having personal jurisdiction because the accident happened in that state.
