Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. a. v. Hall et al.

Decided April 24, 1984. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-1127 · 466 U.S. 408 (1984) · Cited 6,200 times

Holding

Petitioner's contacts with Texas were insufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and hence to allow the Texas court to assert in personam jurisdiction over petitioner.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · 342 U.S. 437 (1952)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Rosenberg Bros. & Co. v. Curtis Brown Co. · 260 U.S. 516 (1923)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• McGee v. International Life Insurance · 355 U.S. 220 (1957)
• Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco · 436 U.S. 84 (1978)
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
• Calder v. Jones · 465 U.S. 783 (1984)
• Milliken v. Meyer · 311 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)

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• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• American Dredging Co. v. Miller · 510 U.S. 443 (1994)
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