Do you remember Pennoyer v. Neff -- likely from your first day of Civil Procedure as a first year in law school?
Today's opinion from the Ninth Circuit is Pennoyer on steroids, and discusses personal jurisdiction (or lack thereof) in civil forfeiture actions involving international fugitives.
It's 89 pages of single-spaced, incredibly dense prose. With an opinion by Judge Desai, a concurrence by Judge Bybee, a concurrence by Judge Desai (to her own opinion), and then a dissent by Judge Bennett.
If you were simply fascinated by that first day of Civil Procedure, I can't think of a better way to spend the next couple of hours.
(I must sadly admit that I did, in fact, spend that time. But I teach the stuff, so actually care.)
