Business Law Notes 7 12 12 Interactive computer service Information content provider Subject matter jurisdiction Personsam jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction Federal state court 14th amendment due process minimum contacts long arm statute personal service Chapter 1 Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v Roomate com LLC p 16 If roommate com was a brick and mortar it would be illegal Because operating in a cyber environment immune to California and federal law bc of interactive computer service vs information content provider 230 CDA makes a distinction between these two things The interactive computer service creates a forum for people to interact but content provider is subject to liability Why did congress talk about Stratton Oakmont v Prodigy so if you edit some comments you are responsible for all comments Chapter 2 WHAT IS PERSONAL JURISDICTION CLARIFY federal courts use the long arm statutes of the state that they sit in theres no federal long arm statute First find the right court and have personal jurisdiction over the defendant Civil Procedure Knowles v Modglin She Knowles wants to sue for mishandling her husbands corpse in Alabama o Bc she wants home advantage and since its 2000 miles away s small business will fold It was decided in motions that there was lack of personal jurisdiction on motion list it said basically that Hems has enough contact w Alabama for her to sue him Damon labs didn t there were appeals to both decisions for the motions of lack of personal jurisdiction for suing in Alabama The decisions were affirmed by the trial court eventually so trials were continued Bomblis v Cornelson Suing under the theory of tortuous interference with business advantage turning away business want to sue defendants in Illinois Court goes through nature of contact and said if just one contact it wouldn t enough but because its four contacts its okay LOOK AT ALL FOUR o The fourth is the defendants posted something about Illinois business in a chat room tipped the scale now plaintiff can get personal jurisdiction on defendant Global Business blue box pg 38 Motion for a new trial Book did bad job of explaining look on sheet Grounds gross misconduct manipulating jury to prejudice
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