DeJames v. Magnificence Carriers
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
491 F.Supp. 1276 (1980)
DeJames (plaintiff) was injured on a ship defectively converted by Hitachi (defendant) in Japan, and sued in New Jersey federal court under federal maritime law, serving Hitachi in Japan pursuant to New Jersey's long-arm statute; Hitachi, which had no office or business dealings in New Jersey specifically, moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, while DeJames argued Hitachi's nationwide U.S. contacts should be aggregated since the claim arose under federal law.
Whether a non-resident defendant's national contacts may be aggregated by a federal court as a basis for personal jurisdiction where service of process is effected by means of a state statute.