Monday, September 22, 2003

voted most popular

I've noticed that Volkwagen comes up relatively frequently in my classes. I just finished reading my second case involving Volkswagen, World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson. This one was for Civil Procedure, and involved a lawsuit filed in Oklahoma in 1980 which tested the extent of personal jurisdiction.

The first case was for Property. We read Virtual Works, Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., which was a dispute over the domain http://www.vw.net.

I've never read any cases involving Volkswagen as a defendant in criminal law, which is probably a very good development as far as they are concerned, but in one case it was specifically mentioned that the defendants were hiding in a VW bus.

Volkswagen now is the only corporation that has had the honor of being mentioned in three of my classes. They win my most recently created prize, the 'Most Popular Corporation In Law School' award. Lucky them!

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