Jurisdiction

If a corporation is incorporated in Delaware, has its main office in New York, and does business in California, but its president lives in Connecticut, in which states can it be sued? The company can be sued in three out of the four states. A person could sue in the state of Delaware because a corporation is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in any state in which it is incorporated. It can be sued in New York because a company is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in any state in which it has its main office. It can be sued in California because a company is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in any state in which it does business. It can not be sued in the state of Connecticut however, because the requirements for jurisdiction are not met in that state simply because the president of the company lives there, the plaintiff would have to sue out of one of the other three states mentioned. Two types of Jurisdiction are Personam Jurisdiction which states a court can exercise jurisdiction over any person that resides in a certain geographic area and In Rem Jurisdiction which states a court can exercise jurisdiction over property that is located within its boundaries. This could confuse a person answering the question above if taken out of context, however in the limits of the question listed above Connecticut does not meet the criteria for jurisdiction.
The court system is made up of many levels each with their own jurisdictional boundaries. State Trial Courts jurisdiction is usually limited to the boarders of the counties in the states they represent. State Court of Appeals hear appeals for the state in which they are in. Their jurisdiction is usually limited to the state they are in. U.S. District Courts are Federal Courts, and their jurisdiction is limited to the boundaries of the District in which they