Minimal Contacts

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• Dinsmore v. Martin Blumenthal Assocs., Inc.
  314 So. 2d 561· Fla.· 1975-05-21 ·cited 78×
  The Florida Supreme Court held that a non-resident defendant's listing of stock with a Florida broker does not confer personal jurisdiction under Florida's long-arm statute when the actual sale occurred outside Florida. The court rejected an expansive reading of the statute that
• Washington v. Norton Mfg., Inc.
  588 F.2d 441· 5th Cir.· 1979-01-24 ·cited 50×
  The court held that the defendant corporation was not 'doing business' in Mississippi, and therefore, the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over it.
• Mariash v. Morrill
  496 F.2d 1138· 2d Cir.· 1974-05-10 ·cited 43×
  The court held that Section 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 authorizes nationwide service of process, and venue is proper in the district where a significant act constituting the violation occurred, even if defendants lack direct contacts with that district.
• Augustus Blount v. Peerless Chems. (P.R.) Inc.
  316 F.2d 695· 2d Cir.· 1963-04-15 ·cited 34×
  The court held that the Puerto Rican corporation's activities in New York were insufficient to establish 'doing business' for jurisdictional purposes, even under the International Shoe standard.
• Edwin Raphael Co., Inc. v. Maharam Fabrics Corp.
  283 F.2d 310· 7th Cir.· 1960-11-01 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the order vacating default and quashing service was appealable and that the defendant did not have sufficient contacts with Illinois to be subject to its jurisdiction.
• Venona Lee Childs Farnham v. Bristow Helicopters, Inc.
  776 F.2d 535· 5th Cir.· 1985-11-15 ·cited 17×
  The court held that Louisiana's long-arm statute requires a nexus between the business transacted in the state and the asserted claim for personal jurisdiction to be exercised.
• Wyrough & Loser, Inc. v. Pelmor Labs., Inc.
  376 F.2d 543· 3d Cir.· 1967-03-02 ·cited 17×
  A party participating in a preliminary injunction hearing waives the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction, even if they could have filed a timely motion to dismiss.
• Pedelahore v. Astropark, Inc.
  745 F.2d 346· 1st Cir.· 1984-11-02 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the Louisiana long-arm statute, consistent with due process, grants personal jurisdiction over a nonresident amusement park that deliberately targets state residents with advertising and derives substantial patronage from them, even if the injury occurred outs
• Smartt v. Coca-Cola Bottling Corp. (Sued as Cincinnati Coca-Cola Bottling Co.)
  318 F.2d 447· 6th Cir.· 1963-06-18 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the defendant corporation's activities in Tennessee were insufficient to establish the minimal contacts required for personal jurisdiction under Tennessee law.
• Trippe Mfg. Co. v. Spencer Gifts, Inc.
  270 F.2d 821· 7th Cir.· 1959-10-15 ·cited 14×
  Mailing catalogs into a state, without more, does not constitute transacting business within that state for jurisdictional purposes under Illinois law.
• Aero Mech. Elec. Craftsman & Pac. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Parent
  366 So. 2d 1268· Fla. 4th DCA· 1979-02-07 ·cited 8×
  In this interlocutory appeal of a products liability case, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the denial of a foreign manufacturer's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court held that Florida's Long Arm Statute requires a manufacturer to have reaso
• Bomann Golf, Inc. v. Cosmos Indus., Inc.
  459 F.2d 1090· 5th Cir.· 1972-05-12 ·cited 6×
  The court held that the district court's interpretation of Florida's substituted service statute was reasonable and that the defendants waived any defect in service of process by failing to raise it below.
• Mears v. Int'l Precious Metals Corp.
  421 So. 2d 743· Fla. 4th DCA· 1982-11-10 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the trial court correctly denied the motion to quash service for lack of personal jurisdiction because the complaint alleged sufficient ultimate facts to invoke the long-arm statute.
• Beetler v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.
  431 F.2d 651· 7th Cir.· 1970-08-19 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the trial court did not err in granting a directed verdict for the defendant because the plaintiffs failed to present sufficient evidence of a product defect and showed misuse of the product.
• Bolton v. Bunny's Pride AND JOY
  521 So. 2d 327· Fla. 4th DCA· 1988-03-09
  The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction over a Georgia corporation that manufactured and delivered a defective product into Florida's stream of commerce. The court held that delivering a defective product into Florida for
• Burton Shipyard, Inc. v. The Honorable David W. Williams
  448 F.2d 640· 9th Cir.· 1971-09-02
  The court held that the petitioner had sufficient minimum contacts with California to establish personal jurisdiction.