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66 Tex. L. Rev. 721 (1987-1988)
General Look at General Jurisdiction

handle is hein.journals/tlr66 and id is 753 raw text is: Texas Law Review
Volume 66, Number 4, March 1988
A General Look at General Jurisdiction
Lea Brilmayer, Jennifer Haverkamp, Buck Logan,
Loretta Lynch, Steve Neuwirth, and Jim O'Brien
Table of Contents
I.  Introduction  ..............................................  723
II. The Nature and Existence of General Jurisdiction .......... 727
A.   Unique Affiliations .................................... 728
1.  D om icile ..........................................  728
(a) Convenience for the defendant ................. 730
(b) Convenience for the plaintiff .................. 730
(c)  Power  ........................................  731
(d) Reciprocal benefits and burdens ............... 732
2. Place of Incorporation and Principal Place of
Business  ..........................................  733
3.  Conclusion  ........................................  735
B.  Activities  .............................................  735
1. Substantive Relevance and Related Activities ........ 736
2. Fairness and Unrelated Activities ................... 741
3. Interstate and Intrastate Activities .................. 743
C.  Transient Jurisdiction ................................. 748
1. The Past of Transient Jurisdiction ................ 749
2. Transient Jurisdiction's Current Status ............. 750
3. Current Justifications for Transient Jurisdiction ..... 752
D.   Consent to Jurisdiction ................................ 755
E.  Property  ..............................................  760
1. Jurisdiction Based on Property Unrelated to Suit .... 760
2. Unrelated Property as a Contact ................... 762
3. Property Contacts and Fairness .................... 765
4. Assessing the Sufficiency of Unrelated Property
Contacts  ..........................................  766
(a) The continuous and systematic test .......... 766

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