squibb superior california san francisco county et argued april decided june group plaintiffs california residents sued squibb company bms california state alleging pharmaceutical company drug plavix damaged health bms incorporated delaware headquartered new york maintains substantial operations new york new jersey although engages business activities california sells plavix bms develop create marketing strategy manufacture label package work regulatory approval plavix state nonresident plaintiffs allege obtained plavix california source injured plavix california treated injuries california california superior denied bms motion quash service summons nonresidents claims lack personal jurisdiction concluding bms extensive activities state gave california courts general jurisdiction following decision daimler ag bauman state appeal found california courts lacked general jurisdiction appeal went find california courts specific jurisdiction claims brought nonresident plaintiffs affirming state applied sliding scale approach specific jurisdiction concluding bms wide ranging contacts state enough support finding specific jurisdiction claims brought nonresident plaintiffs attenuated connection met held part nonresidents claims similar many ways california residents claims bms engaged activities state held california courts lack specific jurisdiction entertain nonresidents claims pp personal jurisdiction state courts subject review compatibility fourteenth amendment due process clause goodyear dunlop tires operations brown decisions recognized two types personal jurisdiction general specific general jurisdiction paradigm forum individual domicile corporations equivalent place one corporation fairly regarded home specific jurisdiction however requires suit aris relat defendant contacts forum daimler supra internal quotation marks omitted primary concern assessing personal jurisdiction burden defendant volkswagen woodson assessing burden obviously requires consider practical problems resulting litigating forum also encompasses abstract matter submitting coercive power state may little legitimate interest claims question times due process clause acting instrument interstate federalism may divest state power render valid judgment pp settled principles specific jurisdiction control case exercise specific jurisdiction claim must affiliation forum underlying controversy principally activity occurrence takes place forum state goodyear supra internal quotation marks brackets omitted connection exists specific jurisdiction lacking regardless extent defendant unconnected activities state california sliding scale approach resembles loose spurious form general jurisdiction thus difficult square precedents found specific jurisdiction without identifying adequate link state nonresidents claims mere fact plaintiffs prescribed obtained ingested plavix california allow state assert specific jurisdiction nonresidents claims sufficient relevant bms conducted research california matters unrelated plavix needed connection forum specific claims issue cf walden fiore pp nonresident plaintiffs reliance keeton hustler magazine phillips petroleum shutts misplaced keeton concerned jurisdiction determine scope claim involving injury injury residents state jurisdiction entertain claims involving injury injury residents forum state shutts concerned due process rights plaintiffs bearing question presented pp bms decision contract mckesson california company distribute plavix nationally provide sufficient basis personal jurisdiction alleged bms engaged relevant acts together mckesson california bms derivatively liable mckesson conduct california bare fact bms contracted california distributor enough establish personal jurisdiction state pp decision result parade horribles respondents conjure prevent california plaintiffs joining together consolidated action general jurisdiction bms alternatively nonresident plaintiffs probably sue together respective home addition since decision concerns due process limits exercise specific jurisdiction state question remains open whether fifth amendment imposes restrictions exercise personal jurisdiction federal cal reversed remanded alito delivered opinion roberts kennedy thomas ginsburg breyer kagan gorsuch joined sotomayor filed dissenting opinion opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press squibb company petitioner superior california san francisco county et al writ certiorari california june justice alito delivered opinion plaintiffs california residents filed civil action california state squibb company bms asserting variety claims based injuries allegedly caused bms drug called plavix california held california courts specific jurisdiction entertain nonresidents claims reverse bms large pharmaceutical company incorporated delaware headquartered new york maintains substantial operations new york new jersey cal percent bms work force employed two ibid bms also engages business activities jurisdictions including california five company research laboratory facilities employ total around employees located ibid bms also employs sales representatives california maintains small advocacy office sacramento ibid one pharmaceuticals bms manufactures sells plavix prescription drug thins blood inhibits blood clotting bms develop plavix california create marketing strategy plavix california manufacture label package work regulatory approval product california ibid bms instead engaged activities either new york new jersey ibid bms sell plavix california sold almost million plavix pills state took million sales cal amounts little one percent company nationwide sales revenue group plaintiffs consisting california residents residents filed eight separate complaints california superior alleging plavix damaged health complaints asserted claims california law including products liability negligent misrepresentation misleading advertising claims ibid nonresident plaintiffs allege obtained plavix california physicians california source claim injured plavix treated injuries california asserting lack personal jurisdiction bms moved quash service summons nonresidents claims california superior denied motion finding california courts general jurisdiction bms ecause engages extensive activities california app pet cert bms unsuccessfully petitioned state appeal writ mandate decision general jurisdiction daimler ag bauman california instructed appeal vacate order denying mandate issue order show cause relief sought petition granted app appeal changed decision question general jurisdiction cal app cal rptr daimler held general jurisdiction clearly lacking went find california courts specific jurisdiction nonresidents claims bms cal app cal rptr california affirmed unanimously agreed appeal issue general jurisdiction divided question specific jurisdiction majority applied sliding scale approach specific jurisdiction cal approach wide ranging defendant forum contacts readily shown connection forum contacts claim ibid internal quotation marks omitted applying test majority concluded bms extensive contacts california permitted exercise specific jurisdiction based less direct connection bms forum activities plaintiffs claims might otherwise required ibid attenuated requirement met majority found claims nonresidents similar several ways claims california residents specific jurisdiction uncontested noted oth resident nonresident plaintiffs claims based allegedly defective product assertedly misleading marketing promotion product acknowledging claim plavix designed developed bms california research facilities thought significant research done state ibid three justices dissented claims nonresidents injured use plavix purchased used wrote sense arise bms marketing sales plavix california found mere similarity residents nonresidents claims enough opinion werdegar dissent accused majority expand ing specific jurisdiction point large category defendants becomes indistinguishable general jurisdiction granted certiorari decide whether california courts exercise jurisdiction case violates due process clause fourteenth amendment ii long established fourteenth amendment limits personal jurisdiction state courts see daimler supra slip volkswagen woodson international shoe washington pennoyer neff state assertion jurisdiction exposes defendants state coercive power subject review compatibility fourteenth amendment due process clause goodyear dunlop tires operations brown limits power state render valid personal judgment nonresident defendant volkswagen supra primary focus personal jurisdiction inquiry defendant relationship forum state see walden fiore slip phillips petroleum shutts since seminal decision international shoe decisions recognized two types personal jurisdiction general sometimes called jurisdiction specific sometimes called jurisdiction goodyear individual paradigm forum exercise general jurisdiction individual domicile corporation equivalent place one corporation fairly regarded home general jurisdiction may hear claim defendant even incidents underlying claim occurred different state limited set affiliations forum render defendant amenable general jurisdiction state daimler slip specific jurisdiction different order state exercise specific jurisdiction suit must aris relat defendant contacts forum slip internal quotation marks omitted emphasis added see burger king rudzewicz helicopteros nacionales de colombia hall words must affiliation forum underlying controversy principally activity occurrence takes place forum state therefore subject state regulation goodyear internal quotation marks brackets omitted reason specific jurisdiction confined adjudication issues deriving connected controversy establishes jurisdiction ibid internal quotation marks omitted determining whether personal jurisdiction present must consider variety interests include interests forum state plaintiff proceeding cause plaintiff forum choice kulko superior city county san francisco see daimler supra slip asahi metal industry superior solano volkswagen primary concern burden defendant assessing burden obviously requires consider practical problems resulting litigating forum also encompasses abstract matter submitting coercive power state may little legitimate interest claims question put restrictions personal jurisdiction guarantee immunity inconvenient distant litigation consequence territorial limitations power respective hanson denckla retain many essential attributes sovereignty including particular sovereign power try causes courts sovereignty state implie limitation sovereignty sister volkswagen times federalism interest may decisive explained volkswagen ven defendant suffer minimal inconvenience forced litigate tribunals another state even forum state strong interest applying law controversy even forum state convenient location litigation due process clause acting instrument interstate federalism may sometimes act divest state power render valid judgment iii settled principles regarding specific jurisdiction control case order exercise specific jurisdiction claim must affiliation forum underlying controversy principally activity occurrence takes place forum state goodyear internal quotation marks brackets original omitted connection specific jurisdiction lacking regardless extent defendant unconnected activities state see ven regularly occurring sales product state justify exercise jurisdiction claim unrelated sales reason california sliding scale approach difficult square precedents california approach strength requisite connection forum specific claims issue relaxed defendant extensive forum contacts unrelated claims cases provide support approach resembles loose spurious form general jurisdiction specific jurisdiction defendant general connections forum enough said corporation activity sorts within state enough support demand corporation amenable suits unrelated activity quoting international shoe present case illustrates danger california approach state found specific jurisdiction present without identifying adequate link state nonresidents claims noted nonresidents prescribed plavix california purchase plavix california ingest plavix california injured plavix california mere fact plaintiffs prescribed obtained ingested plavix california allegedly sustained injuries nonresidents allow state assert specific jurisdiction nonresidents claims explained defendant relationship third party standing alone insufficient basis jurisdiction walden slip remains true even third parties plaintiffs reside california bring claims similar brought nonresidents sufficient even relevant bms conducted research california matters unrelated plavix needed missing connection forum specific claims issue decision walden supra illustrates requirement case nevada plaintiffs sued defendant conducting allegedly unlawful search plaintiffs georgia preparing board plane bound nevada held nevada courts lacked specific jurisdiction even though plaintiffs nevada residents suffered foreseeable harm nevada slip relevant conduct occurred entirely georgi mere fact conduct affected plaintiffs connections forum state id suffice authorize jurisdiction slip emphasis added today case connection nonresidents claims forum even weaker relevant plaintiffs california residents claim suffered harm state addition walden conduct giving rise nonresidents claims occurred elsewhere follows california courts claim specific jurisdiction see volkswagen supra finding personal jurisdiction oklahoma defendant carr ied activity whatsoever oklahoma dismissing fortuitous circumstance single audi automobile sold defendants new york new york residents happened suffer accident passing oklahoma isolated occurrence nonresidents maintain two cases support decision misinterpret precedents keeton hustler magazine new york resident sued hustler new hampshire claiming libeled five issues magazine distributed throughout country including new hampshire sold copies per month concluding specific jurisdiction present relied principally connection circulation magazine new hampshire damage allegedly caused within state noted alse statements fact harm subject falsehood readers statement emphasis deleted factor amply distinguishes keeton present case nonresidents claims involve harm california harm california residents nonresident plaintiffs case point holding keeton jurisdiction new hampshire entertain plaintiff request damages suffered outside state holding concerned jurisdiction determine scope claim involving injury injury residents state case jurisdiction entertain claims involving injury injury residents forum state keeton held jurisdiction new hampshire consider full measure plaintiff claim whether actually recover damages merits question governed new hampshire libel law decision phillips petroleum shutts involved class action filed kansas even less relevant kansas exercised personal jurisdiction claims nonresident class members defendant phillips petroleum argued violated due process rights class members lacked minimum contacts according defendant class members kept case unless affirmatively opted instead merely failing opt receiving notice holding due process violation explained authority state entertain claims nonresident class members entirely different authority exercise jurisdiction defendant since shutts concerned due process rights plaintiffs bearing question presented respondents nevertheless contend shutts supports position words absurd believe reached exact opposite result petitioner phillips invoked rights rather plaintiffs brief respondents emphasis deleted fact remains phillips assert kansas improperly exercised personal jurisdiction address indeed stated specifically discussion personal jurisdiction address class actions jurisdiction asserted defendant class shutts supra last ditch contention respondents contend bms decision contract california company mckesson distribute plavix nationally provides sufficient basis personal jurisdiction tr oral arg explained requirements international shoe must met defendant state exercises jurisdiction rush savchuk see walden slip op defendant relationship third party standing alone insufficient basis jurisdiction case alleged bms engaged relevant acts together mckesson california alleged bms derivatively liable mckesson conduct california nonresidents adduced evidence show plavix took distributed pharmacies dispensed cal werdegar dissenting emphasis deleted see tr oral arg impossible trace particular pill particular person possible us track particularly mckesson bare fact bms contracted california distributor enough establish personal jurisdiction state iv straightforward application case settled principles personal jurisdiction result parade horribles respondents conjure see brief respondents decision prevent california plaintiffs joining together consolidated action general jurisdiction bms bms concedes suits brought either new york delaware see brief petitioner alternatively plaintiffs residents particular state example plaintiffs texas ohio probably sue together home addition since decision concerns due process limits exercise specific jurisdiction state leave open question whether fifth amendment imposes restrictions exercise personal jurisdiction federal see omni capital rudolf wolff judgment california reversed case remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion ordered sotomayor dissenting squibb company petitioner superior california san francisco county et al writ certiorari california june justice sotomayor dissenting three years ago imposed substantial curbs exercise general jurisdiction decision daimler ag bauman today takes first step toward similar contraction specific jurisdiction holding corporation engages nationwide course conduct held accountable state group injured people unless people injured forum state fear consequences decision today substantial majority rule make difficult aggregate claims plaintiffs across country whose claims may worth little alone make impossible bring nationwide mass action state defendants home different result piecemeal litigation bifurcation claims none necessary core concern personal jurisdiction cases fairness nothing unfair subjecting massive corporation suit state nationwide course conduct injures forum residents nonresidents alike squibb fortune pharmaceutical company incorporated delaware headquartered new york employs approximately people worldwide earns annual revenues billion late began market sell prescription blood thinner called plavix plavix advertised effective tool reducing risk blood clotting vulnerable heart attacks strokes ads worked height popularity plavix blockbuster earning billions dollars annual revenues advertising distribution efforts national scope conducted single nationwide advertising campaign plavix using television magazine internet ads broadcast message consumer california heard advertisement consumer maine benefits plavix distribution plavix also proceeded nationwide channels consistent usual practice relied small number wholesalers distribute plavix throughout country one distributors mckesson corporation named defendant relevant time period mckesson responsible almost quarter revenue worldwide publication article new england journal medicine questioning efficacy safety plavix put defensive consumers around country began claim injured drug plaintiffs consolidated cases people allege injured plavix california several hundred others say injured drug filed suits california superior raising claims mckesson claims materially identical concedes see brief petitioner acknowledged subject suit california state residents state moved dismiss claims brought nonresident plaintiffs respondents lack jurisdiction question accordingly whether subject suit california claims arise design development manufacture marketing distribution plavix question whether subject suit california residents claims whether state may also hear nonresidents identical claims ii majority explains since pathmarking opinion international shoe washington touchstone analysis question whether defendant certain minimum contacts state maintenance suit offend notions fair play substantial justice quoting milliken meyer decades considered question two different jurisdictional frames general specific jurisdiction see helicopteros nacionales de colombia hall nn current case law state may exercise general jurisdiction defendant corporation affiliations state systematic render essentially home forum state goodyear dunlop tires operations brown general jurisdiction appropriate however state exercise specific jurisdiction dispute cases set three conditions exercise specific jurisdiction nonresident defendant wright miller steinman federal practice procedure pp ed wright see also collecting authority first defendant must avail ed privilege conducting activities within forum purposefully directed conduct forum state mcintyre machinery nicastro plurality opinion quoting hanson denckla second plaintiff claim must arise relate defendant forum conduct helicopteros finally exercise jurisdiction must reasonable circumstances asahi metal industry superior solano burger king rudzewicz factors relevant analysis include burden defendant forum state interest adjudicating dispute plaintiff interest obtaining convenient effective relief interstate judicial system interest obtaining efficient resolution controversies shared interest several furthering fundamental substantive social policies internal quotation marks omitted viewed framework california courts appropriately exercised specific jurisdiction respondents claims first dispute purposefully avail ed nicastro california substantial pharmaceutical market employs people california maintains half dozen facilities state engaged research development policymaking ante contracts distributor mckesson whose sales account significant portion revenue supra markets sells drugs including plavix california resulting total plavix sales state nearly billion period relevant suit second respondents claims relate conduct claim relates defendant forum conduct connect ion conduct international shoe respondents instance hale california negligently maintaining sidewalk outside new york headquarters claim connection acts took california respondents claims look nothing like claim respondents claims concern conduct materially identical acts company took california marketing distribution plavix undertook nationwide basis respondents allegedly injured nationwide course conduct indiana oklahoma texas california mean claims relate advertising distribution efforts undertook state plaintiffs residents nonresidents alike allege injured essential acts cases require connection direct finally importantly serious doubt exercise jurisdiction nonresidents claims reasonable already faces claims identical nonresidents claims suit harmed defend respondents claims indeed alternative approach litigating claims separate suits many different prove far burdensome contrast plaintiffs interest obtaining convenient effective relief burger king internal quotation marks omitted obviously furthered participating consolidated proceeding one state shared counsel allows minimize costs share discovery maximize recoveries claims may small bring cf american express italian colors restaurant dissenting slip rational actor bring claim worth tens thousands dollars meant incurring costs hundreds thousands california interest providing forum mass actions like one permitting nonresidents bring suit california alongside residents facilitates efficient adjudication residents claims allows regulate effectively conduct nonresident corporations like resident ones like mckesson nothing due process clause prohibits california hearing respondents claims least case joined identical claims brought california residents iii dispute purposefully availed california markets remarkably argue unreasonable california hear respondents claims see cal instead contends respondents claims arise relate california conduct majority agrees explaining adequate link exists state nonresidents claims ante result says follows settled principles specific jurisdiction ante precedents require result common sense says correct majority casts decision today compelled precedent ibid cases point direction majority argues length exercise jurisdiction case conflict decision walden fiore plainly true walden concerned requirement defendant purposefully avail forum state purposefully direc conduct toward state nicastro separate requirement plaintiff claim arise relate defendant forum contacts lower understood case way see fiore walden parties understood case way see brief petitioner brief respondent brief amicus curiae walden fiore courts commentators understood case way see wright walden teaches defendant must purposefully availed forum plaintiff rely solely defendant contacts forum resident establish necessary relationship see slip plaintiff link defendant forum holding nothing dispute parties purposefully availed california tune millions dollars annual revenue language taken context ante walden made seem relevant case hand contrast decision keeton hustler magazine suggests barrier exercise jurisdiction keeton new york resident brought suit ohio corporation magazine new hampshire libel alleged magazine nationwide course conduct publication defamatory statements injured every state including new hampshire unanimously rejected defendant argument subject nationwide damages small portion damages arose forum state exposure liability explained consequence continuously deliberately exploited new hampshire market ibid majority today dismisses keeton ground defendant faced one plaintiff claim arising nationwide course conduct whereas faces many plaintiffs claims see ante distinction without difference either case defendant face liability single state single course conduct impact many keeton informs us unfairness result majority animating concern end appears federalism erritorial limitations power respective informed may today trump even concerns fairness parties ante indeed majority appears concede bottom case fairness instead case power one defendant suffer minimal inconvenience forced litigate tribunals another state forum state strong interest applying law controversy forum state convenient location personal jurisdiction still lie ante quoting volkswagen woodson see little reason apply principle case brought large corporate defendant arising nationwide conduct interest single state adjudicating respondents claims share measure jurisdiction first foremost yardstick set international shoe fair play substantial justice internal quotation marks omitted majority opinion casts settled principle aside fear consequences majority decision today substantial even absent rigid requirement defendant conduct must actually cause plaintiff upshot today opinion plaintiffs join claims together sue defendant state injured rule likely consequences far beyond case first prominently opinion case make profoundly difficult plaintiffs injured different defendant nationwide course conduct sue defendant single consolidated action holding today opinion action brought state plaintiffs injured worry says majority plaintiffs sued new york delaware probably subdivided separate claims lawsuits injured might able bring single suit federal open question ante even setting aside majority caveats purpose limitations interests served preventing consolidation claims limiting forums consolidated effect opinion today eliminate nationwide mass actions state defendant home see daimler slip rule hands one tool corporate defendants determined prevent aggregation individual claims forces injured plaintiffs bear burden bringing suit often far flung jurisdictions second opinion today may make impossible bring certain mass actions case difficult imagine might possible bring nationwide mass action two defendants headquartered incorporated different state defendants home state suit proceed nationwide mass action brought defendant headquartered incorporated defendant home state cf sotomayor concurring judgment slip especially world defendants subject general jurisdiction handful see effect today opinion curtail cases eliminate plaintiffs ability hold corporations fully accountable nationwide conduct majority chides respondents conjuring parade horribles ante says nothing suits like described survive opinion case answer simple offend notions fair play substantial justice international shoe permit plaintiffs aggregate claims arising single nationwide course conduct single suit single state injured exactly holds today barred due process clause rule constitution required respectfully dissent footnotes california law provides courts may exercise jurisdiction basis inconsistent constitution cal civ proc code ann west see daimler ag bauman slip held defendant standing argue kansas improperly exercised personal jurisdiction claims class members holding materially affected defendant interests specifically res judicata effect adverse judgment petitioner speculates phillips invoke due process rights believed time kansas general jurisdiction see reply brief footnotes like parties majority refer people residents nonresidents california convenient shorthand see ante brief petitioner brief respondents jurisdictional purposes important question generally plaintiff injured resides respondents contend california courts able exercise general jurisdiction concession follows directly opinion daimler ag bauman explained believe restrictions imposed general jurisdiction daimler ill advised see bnsf tyrrell sotomayor concurring part dissenting part daimler sotomayor concurring judgment accept respondents concession purpose case subject general jurisdiction california urges rule upon us brief petitioner adoption consequences far beyond follow today factbound opinion among things might call question whether even plaintiff injured state item identical sold defendant state avail state courts redress injuries result specifically contemplated volkswagen woodson see brief civil procedure professors amici curiae see also mcintyre machinery nicastro ginsburg dissenting question others like appears await another case today confront question whether opinion also apply class action plaintiff injured forum state seeks represent nationwide class plaintiffs injured cf devlin scardelletti nonnamed class members may parties purposes others see also wood adjudicatory jurisdiction class actions ind