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No. 19-1005October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020

Docket 19-1005October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Hotze Health Wellness Ctr. Int'l One, LLC v. Envtl. Research Ctr., Inc.

This case involves a legal dispute between Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC and Environmental Research Center, Inc. that was appealed from the Ninth Circuit.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 18, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 18, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a legal dispute between Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC and Environmental Research Center, Inc. that was appealed from the Ninth Circuit.

Question presented

1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant whose only contact with the forum state is an interactive website that is accessible in the forum state, but that does not target the forum state or its residents. 2. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant under the “effects test” of Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783 (1984), where the defendant’s allegedly tortious conduct was not expressly aimed at the forum state.

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Decision released May 18, 2020

Area

Decided Supreme Court case

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Mar 31, 2026
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