PENNOYER (1877): BECAUSE OF SERVICE OF DUE PROCESS; HESS (1927): BECAUSE THEY BENEFITED FROM OUR LAWS; INTERNATIONAL SHOE (1945): BECAUSE THEY HAD “MINIMUM CONTACTS” AND IT WAS “FAIR AND JUST”; MCGEE (1957): BECAUSE THERE WAS A PERSON THERE; HANSON (1958): BECAUSE THERE WASN'T “PURPOSEFUL AVAILMENT”; VOLKSWAGEN (1980): BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT “FORESEE” IT HAPPENING IN THE STATE; BURGER KING (1985): DID WE ALREADY SAY “PURPOSEFUL AVAILMENT”? ASAHI (1987): BECAUSE IT WASN’T “REASONABLE”; NICASTRO (2011): BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE STATE; BAUMAN (2014): BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE “GENERAL” JURISDICTION; WALDEN (2014): BECAUSE OF THE “RELATIONSHIP” AMONG THE DEFENDANT, STATE, AND LITIGATION; BRISTOL (2017): BECAUSE THE CLAIM WASN’T CONNECTED TO THE STATE; FORD (2021): OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THE CLAIM “AROSE OUT OF”, “OR”, “WAS RELATED TO” THE FORUM STATE; AMAZON (2025): BECAUSE THEY DO BUSINESS ANYWHERE, THEY CAN BE LITIGATED ANYWHERE UNDER “CORPORATE JURISDICTION” (WHICH IS ANYWHERE); TESLA (2032): ROBOTS ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM CORPORATE JURISDICTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE “CORPORATE INTENT”; FRUIT (APPLE+ALPHABET MERGER) (2150): BECAUSE THEY CAN APPEAR IN COURT BY HOLOGRAM, THEY HAVE “VISIBLE PRESENCE”; SUPREME COURT V. UNITED STATES (2200): BECAUSE WE’RE ALL TIRED OF THIS, “JURISDICTION” APPLIES IN ANY “SUBSTANTIVE CLAIM”; ONE WORLD, ONE NATION CORP (2222): BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORE STATES OR COUNTRIES IN THE FIRST PLACE
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