burger
king
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appellant
florida
corporation
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headquarters
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michigan
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franchisees
vacate
premises
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restaurant
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brought
diversity
action
federal
district
florida
alleging
franchisees
breached
franchise
obligations
requesting
damages
injunctive
relief
franchisees
claimed
michigan
residents
appellant
claim
arise
within
florida
district
lacked
personal
jurisdiction
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subject
personal
jurisdiction
pursuant
florida
statute
extends
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whether
citizen
resident
state
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failing
perform
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delivered
opinion
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marshall
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rehnquist
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argued
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thomas
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filed
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relied
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exercising
personal
jurisdiction
michigan
resident
allegedly
breached
franchise
agreement
florida
corporation
failing
make
required
payments
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question
presented
whether
exercise
jurisdiction
offended
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conception
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justice
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process
clause
fourteenth
amendment
international
shoe
washington
burger
king
corporation
florida
corporation
whose
principal
offices
miami
one
world
largest
restaurant
organizations
outlets
commonwealth
puerto
rico
foreign
nations
burger
king
conducts
approximately
business
franchise
operation
company
styles
burger
king
system
comprehensive
restaurant
format
operating
system
sale
uniform
quality
food
products
app
burger
king
licenses
franchisees
use
trademarks
service
marks
period
years
leases
standardized
restaurant
facilities
term
addition
franchisees
acquire
variety
proprietary
information
concerning
standards
specifications
procedures
methods
operating
burger
king
restaurant
also
receive
market
research
advertising
assistance
ongoing
training
restaurant
management
accounting
guidance
permitting
franchisees
tap
burger
king
established
national
reputation
benefit
proven
procedures
dispensing
standardized
fare
system
enables
go
restaurant
business
significantly
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barriers
entry
exchange
benefits
franchisees
pay
burger
king
initial
franchise
fee
commit
payment
monthly
royalties
advertising
sales
promotion
fees
rent
computed
part
monthly
gross
sales
franchisees
also
agree
submit
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organization
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regulation
virtually
every
conceivable
aspect
operations
burger
king
imposes
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undertakes
rigid
regulation
conviction
niformity
service
appearance
quality
product
essential
preservation
burger
king
image
benefits
accruing
therefrom
franchisee
franchisor
burger
king
oversees
franchise
system
administrative
structure
governing
contracts
provide
franchise
relationship
established
miami
governed
florida
law
call
payment
required
fees
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headquarters
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headquarters
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headquarters
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litigation
grows
burger
king
termination
one
franchisees
aptly
described
franchisee
divorce
proceeding
among
commercial
partners
record
appellee
john
rudzewicz
michigan
citizen
resident
senior
partner
detroit
accounting
firm
approached
brian
macshara
son
business
acquaintance
suggested
jointly
apply
burger
king
franchise
detroit
area
macshara
proposed
serve
manager
restaurant
rudzewicz
put
investment
capital
exchange
two
evenly
share
profits
believing
macshara
idea
offered
attractive
investment
opportunities
rudzewicz
agreed
venture
rudzewicz
macshara
jointly
applied
franchise
burger
king
birmingham
michigan
district
office
autumn
application
forwarded
burger
king
miami
headquarters
entered
preliminary
agreement
february
ensuing
four
months
agreed
rudzewicz
macshara
assume
operation
existing
facility
drayton
plains
michigan
macshara
attended
prescribed
management
courses
miami
period
see
supra
franchisees
purchased
worth
restaurant
equipment
burger
king
davmor
industries
division
miami
even
final
agreements
signed
however
parties
began
disagree
fees
building
design
computation
monthly
rent
whether
franchisees
able
assign
liabilities
corporation
formed
disputes
rudzewicz
macshara
negotiated
birmingham
district
office
miami
headquarters
misgivings
rudzewicz
macshara
finally
obtained
limited
concessions
miami
headquarters
signed
final
agreements
commenced
operations
june
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final
agreements
rudzewicz
obligated
personally
payments
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million
franchise
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facility
apparently
enjoyed
steady
business
summer
patronage
declined
recession
began
later
year
rudzewicz
macshara
soon
fell
far
behind
monthly
payments
miami
headquarters
sent
notices
default
extended
period
negotiations
began
among
franchisees
birmingham
district
office
miami
headquarters
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burger
king
officials
miami
engaged
prolonged
ultimately
unsuccessful
negotiations
franchisees
mail
telephone
headquarters
terminated
franchise
ordered
rudzewicz
macshara
vacate
premises
refused
continued
occupy
operate
facility
burger
king
restaurant
burger
king
commenced
instant
action
district
southern
district
florida
may
invoking
diversity
jurisdiction
pursuant
original
jurisdiction
federal
trademark
disputes
pursuant
burger
king
alleged
rudzewicz
macshara
breached
franchise
obligations
within
jurisdiction
district
failing
make
required
payments
plaintiff
place
business
miami
dade
county
florida
app
also
charged
tortiously
infringing
trademarks
service
marks
continued
unauthorized
operation
burger
king
restaurant
app
burger
king
sought
damages
injunctive
relief
costs
attorney
fees
rudzewicz
macshara
entered
special
appearances
argued
inter
alia
michigan
residents
burger
king
claim
arise
within
southern
district
florida
district
lacked
personal
jurisdiction
district
denied
motions
hearing
holding
pursuant
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statute
burger
king
franchisee
subject
personal
jurisdiction
actions
arising
franchise
agreements
rudzewicz
macshara
filed
answer
counterclaim
seeking
damages
alleged
violations
burger
king
michigan
franchise
investment
law
comp
laws
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seq
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trial
concluded
jurisdiction
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parties
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finding
rudzewicz
macshara
breached
franchise
agreements
burger
king
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king
trademarks
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marks
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judgment
jointly
severally
contract
damages
also
ordered
immediately
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king
restaurant
number
continued
operation
immediately
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keys
possession
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restaurant
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king
corporation
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counterclaim
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costs
attorney
fees
burger
king
rudzewicz
appealed
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personal
jurisdiction
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burger
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macshara
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