What is the effect of making a general appearance in a lawsuit?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Lazar, 200 BR 358 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1996):
It has long been the law that the making of a general appearance in a lawsuit waives all personal jurisdictional objections. See, e.g., Hankins v. Finnel, 964 F.2d 853, 856 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 1013, 113 S.Ct. 635, 121 L.Ed.2d 566 (1992). By making a general appearance a party voluntarily submits to the jurisdiction of the court. A state that makes such an appearance waives its Eleventh Amendment rights. Hankins, at 856.
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