- Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
ArgueDate=November 8
ArgueYear=1983
DecideDate=April 24
DecideYear=1984
FullName=Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S. A. v. Hall et al.
USVol=466
USPage=408
Citation=
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1981-1986
Majority=Blackmun
JoinMajority=Burger, White, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, and O'Connor
Dissent=Brennan
LawsApplied="Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S. A. v. Hall", 466 U.S. 408 (
1984 ) was a case decided by theUnited States Supreme Court , holding that mere purchases and other minor contacts in theUnited States by a non-resident corporation would not satisfy theminimum contacts test necessary to establish general in personam jurisdiction under theDue Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.See also
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 466 Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. Sufficient contacts for general jurisdiction defined.External links
* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/466/408.html Full text opinion from Findlaw.com]
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