Anthropologie is a clothing & home goods store with locations across the U.S. It is incorporated in Delaware with its principal place of business in Texas. It also operates a website, with customers ordering its products from across the country. Which of the following is or are true:
It probably is subject to personal jurisdiction in each state in which it operates a store |
For purposes of diversity under subject matter jurisdiction, it is a citizen of each state in which it operates a store |
Under the Lopez case, it is not necessarily subject to personal jurisdiction in a given state by virtue of its website; it will depend on how many sales it has in that state and whether it targeted advertising or sales to customers in that state |