Legal Opinion · Dissent
Failla v. FixtureOne Corp.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 2014No. 89671-2Published
1Dissent
¶31 (dissenting) — The constitutional right to due process prohibits courts from asserting personal jurisdiction over a defendant unless he or she has certain “minimum contacts” with the forum. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, 444 U.S. 286, 291, 100 S. Ct. 559, 62 L. Ed. 2d 490 (1980); U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1. Importantly, the “ ‘minimum contacts’ analysis looks to the defendant’s contacts with the forum State itself, not the defendant’s contacts with persons who reside there.” Walden v. Fiore,_U.S._, 134 S. Ct. 1115, 1122, 188 L. Ed. 2d 12 (2014). In this case, the out-of-state…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Walden v. FioreSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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