Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1980

Publication Information

56 Notre Dame Law. 65 (1980).

Abstract

During its past several terms the Supreme Court of the United States has, after a long period of inactivity, engaged in a reexamination of the constitutional limitations on state court jurisdiction. Last term, in World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, this reexamination reached a new plateau. Woodson significantly elucidated the constitutional policy considerations underlying this area. Yet, as so often occurs in constitutional litigation, the resolution of old doubts has also brought into sharper focus other yet unresolved issues.

This article has two purposes. First, it will assess the significance of Woodson in the overall doctrinal development of jurisdictional standards. Second, it will suggest several areas in which Woodson may provide an important conceptual stepping stone for further doctrinal growth.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of Notre Dame Law Review (previously Notre Dame Lawyer).

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