DeJames v. Magnificence Carriers, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• holding Fed.R.Civ.P. 4 requires Federal District Courts to apply the long-arm statute of the state in which they sit in effecting service of process in federal question cases
• provision authorizing nationwide service of process in federal question case, obviates the need to rely on a long-arm statute for authorization of service of process
• jurisdiction not exercised over Japanese corporation which converted ship because corporation did not take advantage of indirect marketing scheme and therefore connection with forum state too remote
• discussing the interrelationship between jurisdiction and service of process
• interpreting New Jersey long arm rule