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Civil Procedure—Ninth Circuit Focuses on Importance of Subsidiary Rather Than Control to Impose General Jurisdiction over Foreign Corporation—Bauman v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 644 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2011)

Apr 5, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 45

The Supreme Court of the United States has established that general personal jurisdiction allows a forum to exercise authority over a defendant to adjudicate claims that do not arise from the defendant’s contacts within the forum state. Since the advent of the modern...

Constitutional Law—Ninth Circuit Effectively Precludes Future Findings of Brady Violations in the Absence of a Conviction—Smith v. Almada, 640 F.3d 931 (9th Cir. 2011)

Apr 3, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 45

When analyzing a claim under 42 U.S.C § 1983 that the government withheld exculpatory evidence from a criminal defendant, courts typically use the Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment’s due process standard as articulated in the iconic 1963 case of Brady v. Maryland. In...