Opinion ID: 71727
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Reasonable Expectation of Being Haled into Court

Text: 31 Under the third element of the inquiry, we find that Bosque could reasonably have expected to be haled into court in this country because it deliberately set about to sell its unregistered securities to United States residents. The Supreme Court has previously held that defendants whose intentional ... actions were expressly aimed at California could reasonably anticipate being haled into court there. See Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 789-90, 104 S.Ct. 1482, 1486-88, 79 L.Ed.2d 804 (1984); accord Robinson v. Giarmarco & Bill, P.C., 74 F.3d 253, 259 (11th Cir.1996) (defendants could reasonably anticipate being haled into court in Florida where they were fully aware that their actions or omissions would have a substantial effect in Florida). 32 Bosque offers only the bare assertion that it could not possibly have anticipated being haled into court in the United States based on the advertisements, the mailed offerings, and the bank account. Brief of Corporate Appellee at 29. Bosque's argument is supported by no case law and is contrary to [c]ommon sense and everyday experience. See Helicopteros, 466 U.S. at 416, 104 S.Ct. at 1872-73. Surely Bosque could reasonably expect to be called to account in the United States when it took every necessary step to carry out the sale of unregistered and allegedly fraudulent securities in this country.