2. International Shoe uses contacts with the forum in two different ways. First, a defendant may have
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2. International Shoe uses contacts with the forum in two different ways. First, a defendant may have sufficient contacts with the forum to warrant asserting jurisdiction over it for all matters. This form of power now is termed “general jurisdiction,” and we will return to study it in more detail later in this Chapter. Second, a defendant may have sufficient contacts with the forum to warrant asserting jurisdiction over it for matters related to its activity in the forum without having sufficient contact with the forum to warrant general jurisdiction. In such a case, the jurisdiction is termed “specific jurisdiction” and extends only to claims relating to the corporation’s in-state activity. See Brilmayer, Related Contacts and
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Civil Procedure Cases And Materials
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