Walden v. Fiore

Decided February 25, 2014. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-574 · 571 U.S. 277 (2014) · Cited 3,814 times

Holding

The District Court lacked personal jurisdiction over petitioner.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Calder v. Jones · 465 U.S. 783 (1984)
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz · 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
• Rush v. Savchuk · 444 U.S. 320 (1980)
• Hanson v. Denckla · 357 U.S. 235 (1958)
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · 444 U.S. 286 (1980)
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · 465 U.S. 770 (1984)
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310 (1945)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• Daimler AG v. Bauman · 571 U.S. 117 (2014)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · 466 U.S. 408 (1984)
• Milliken v. Meyer · 311 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco · 436 U.S. 84 (1978)
• Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown · 564 U.S. 915 (2011)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty. · 582 U.S. 255 (2017)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist. · 592 U.S. 351 (2021)
• Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty. v. Talevski · 599 U.S. 166 (2023)
• CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. · 605 U.S. 223 (2025)

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