Chapter 19 - § 19.6 • IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OVER PARTIES TO AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 19.6 • IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OVER PARTIES TO AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING

By virtue of F.R.C.P. 4(e)(1), the Colorado long-arm statute is also applicable to the federal courts. If a party agreed to arbitrate in a specific state, it impliedly consented to the jurisdiction of the courts of that state, regardless of minimum contacts.⁵⁴

FAA § 4 does not confer nationwide in personam jurisdiction over respondents for a motion to compel arbitration. Rather, the federal court must look to F.R.C.P. 4(e), and look to either a federal statute or state long-arm (or other) statute of the state in which it is sitting to determine whether the court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant.⁵⁵

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^[54] Unionmutual Stock Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Beneficial Life Ins. Co., 774 F.2d 524, 527 (1st Cir. 1985).

^[55] Johns v. Taramita, 132...