International Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945)
Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
Good law
Headnote
Established the minimum contacts standard for personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants consistent with due process.
Bench
Stone, C.J.
Facts
Washington sought unemployment contributions from a Delaware shoe company whose only local presence was commissioned salesmen.
Held
Jurisdiction is proper where the defendant has certain minimum contacts with the forum such that suit does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.
Key passage
“Due process requires only that in order to subject a defendant to a judgment in personam, if he be not present within the territory of the forum, he have certain minimum contacts with it.”
326 U.S. 310, 316
Citation formats
Bluebook
Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316 (1945).
Short form
Int'l Shoe, 326 U.S. at 316.
Id. form
Id. at 316.
Authorities considered
- Pennoyer v. Neff
95 U.S. 714 (1878)