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Calder v. Jones | 465 U.S. 783 (1984)
Entertainment journalism frequently delves into the personal lives of celebrities. If a journalist reports embarrassing or untrue information, it might mean a libel suit. But today, when so many stories are reported by national outlets, how do courts determine whether they have jurisdiction? In Calder versus Jones, the United States Supreme Court answered that question.
Shirley Jones was an actress, famous for her role as Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family. In 1979, Jones was the subject of what she alleged to be a libelous story. The article was published by The National Enquirer, a tabloid based out of Florida with a national circulation of over five million. Jones lived and worked in California at the time, and brought suit in California Superior Court. The reporter and the editor of the story both lived and worked in Florida, and when served with the complaint, they filed a motion to quash the service. The Florida journalists argued that the California court lacked personal jurisdiction over them.
The Superior Court granted the motion to quash, reasoning that the journalists’ contacts with California were insubstantial, and that forcing them to defend their reporting in a court on the other side of the country would chill their First Amendment rights. The California Court of Appeal reversed, finding that jurisdiction was appropriate because the reporter and the editor intended to cause harm to Jones in California. The California Court of Appeal also rejected the idea that First Amendment interests should factor in the jurisdictional analysis. The Supreme Court of California denied a petition for hearing, but the United States Supreme Court granted cert.
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