Rao v. ERA Alaska Airlines

Maryland residents (plaintiffs) bought tickets through Expedia for an intrastate flight within Alaska on ERA Alaska Airlines (defendant), traveled to Alaska, and after landing discovered a case of valuables was missing; they sued ERA and other Alaska-based defendants in Maryland federal court, and after limited jurisdictional discovery, the defendants argued personal jurisdiction was improper because ERA had not purposefully engaged in business in Maryland, having simply allowed a travel website to list its flight information for anyone to access.