Introduction: The Supreme Court in 2011
In 2011, the Supreme Court revisited two thorny personal jurisdiction concepts – general jurisdiction, on which it had only written two previous opinions, and specific jurisdiction based on a “stream of commerce” theory. The Court had previously found general jurisdiction when a company had its headquarters in the forum state, Perkins v. Benguet Consol. Mining, 342 U.S. 437 (1952), and rejected general jurisdiction based on a company’s pattern of purchases...
