Hanson v. Denckla

Hanson v. Denckla
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 10, 1958 Decided June 23, 1958
Full case name	Elizabeth Donner Hanson v. Katherine N.R. Denckla
Citations	357 U.S. 235 (more) 78 S. Ct. 1228; 2 L. Ed. 2d 1283
Holding
The unilateral activity of a single person who has some relation to a nonresident defendant does not fulfill the minimum contacts test to establish personal jurisdiction
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Charles E. Whittaker
Case opinions
Majority	Warren, joined by Harlan, Frankfurter, Clark, Whittaker
Dissent	Douglas
Dissent	Black, joined by Burton, Brennan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Hanson v. Denckla, 357 U.S. 235 (1958), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding personal jurisdiction in the context of assets held in trust.