BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Petitioner v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, et al., 582 U.S. 255

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HOLDINGS: [1]-Where numerous consumers, most of whom were not California residents, sued a pharmaceutical company in California, asserting various state-law claims based on injuries from a particular drug, the state court's exercise of specific jurisdiction over the nonresidents' claims violated the Fourteen Amendment; [2]-The Fourteenth Amendment limited a state court's personal jurisdiction such that a suit had to arise out of, or relate to the, defendant’s contacts with the forum; [3]-There was no adequate link between the state and the nonresidents' claims because the nonresidents were not prescribed the drug in California, they did not purchase or ingest the drug in California, they were not injured by the drug in California, and the fact that others were prescribed, obtained, and ingested the drug in California did not warrant specific jurisdiction over the nonresidents' claims.