Caiazzo v. American Royal Arts Corp.

I. Overview

After a great deal of judicial labor was focused on this case, but before this opinion was released, the Appellant filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. Because we believe that this case involves an issue of great public importance, we have decided not to dismiss this ease and instead to' release an opinion explaining our decision. We consider the issue presented in this case — the role the internet plays in a specific and general jurisdiction analysis — to be of great public importance because it involves a confusing area of the law that is mainly scattered across the federal…