Minimum Contacts Doctrine

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• Zirin v. Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc.
  128 So. 2d 594· Fla.· 1961-03-29 ·cited 117×
  The Florida Supreme Court addressed the scope of its jurisdiction to review District Court of Appeal decisions certified as involving questions of great public interest, and clarified that service of process on foreign corporations under Section 47.171 requires the cause of actio
• State ex rel. Weber et ux. v. Register
  67 So. 2d 619· Fla.· 1953-10-13 ·cited 82×
  The Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Florida's long-arm statute (Section 47.16) permitting service on nonresidents who engage in business or business ventures within the state. The court rejected due process and equal protection challenges brought by nonresid
• Thos. P. Gonzalez Corp. v. Consejo Nacional de Produccion de Costa Rica
  614 F.2d 1247· 9th Cir.· 1980-03-10 ·cited 61×
  The court held that the defendant foreign state lacked sufficient minimum contacts with California to establish personal jurisdiction, rendering the default judgment void and requiring dismissal.
• Youngblood v. Citrus Assocs. OF the NEW York Cotton Exch., Inc.
  276 So. 2d 505· Fla. 4th DCA· 1973-04-17 ·cited 60×
  Plaintiffs appealed an order quashing service of process on Citrus Associates, a New York corporation that operated an exchange for trading frozen concentrated orange juice futures. The Florida District Court of Appeal affirmed the quashing order, holding that Citrus Associates l
• Buckley v. NEW York Post Corp.
  373 F.2d 175· 2d Cir.· 1967-01-10 ·cited 58×
  A state's long-arm statute can constitutionally subject a newspaper to jurisdiction for libelous publications distributed within the state, even if the newspaper's contacts are primarily through circulation and advertising.
• Eyerly Aircraft Co. v. Killian
  414 F.2d 591· 5th Cir.· 1969-07-11 ·cited 56×
  The court held that the manufacturer's substantial business contacts with Texas and the foreseeable introduction of its product into the stream of commerce were sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the Texas Long Arm statute, even though the injury-causing product
• Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Stanga v. McCORMICK Shipping Corp.
  268 F.2d 544· 5th Cir.· 1959-06-25 ·cited 55×
  Service of process on a local travel agency that booked passage for a foreign steamship company is insufficient if the agency is not an agent or employee acting within the scope of authority for business activities within the state. However, a final dismissal is improper if other
• L. D. Reeder Contractors OF Ariz. v. Higgins Indus., Inc.
  265 F.2d 768· 9th Cir.· 1959-03-10 ·cited 54×
  The court held that the defendant manufacturer did not have sufficient minimum contacts with California to be subject to personal jurisdiction there.
• The Dublin Co. v. Peninsular Supply Co.
  309 So. 2d 207· Fla. 4th DCA· 1975-03-14 ·cited 52×
  The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, holding that a Pennsylvania corporation's sales of products through Florida distributors and a personal visit by its president to Florida met the requirements of Florida's long-arm statute (F.S. 48
• Horace v. Am. Nat'l Bank & Tr. Co. OF Fort Lauderdale
  251 So. 2d 33· Fla. 4th DCA· 1971-08-03 ·cited 50×
  Horace, a nonresident, challenged service of process under Florida's long-arm statute by arguing he was not engaged in a business or business venture within the state. The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed that Horace's acts of becoming a guarantor for Travel Coach, Inc.,
• Agrashell, Inc. v. Bernard Sirotta Co.
  344 F.2d 583· 2d Cir.· 1965-04-06 ·cited 50×
• Volkswagen Interamericana, S.A. v. Rohlsen
  360 F.2d 437· 1st Cir.· 1966-05-17 ·cited 48×
  The court held that the distributor was subject to personal jurisdiction and could be sued under the Automobile Dealers' Day in Court Act, but reversed the damages award due to substantial errors in calculation and jury instructions.
• The NEW York Times Co. v. Connor
  365 F.2d 567· 5th Cir.· 1966-08-04 ·cited 44×
  The dissenting judge believes the court has in personam jurisdiction over the defendant because the allegedly libelous article arose from the defendant's agent's newsgathering activities within the state.
• Spiegel, Inc. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n
  540 F.2d 287· 7th Cir.· 1976-08-09 ·cited 41×
  The FTC has the power to prohibit a business practice that is unfair to consumers under Section 5 of the FTC Act, even if the practice is legal under state law, but the scope of the FTC's order must be reasonably related to the violations found.
• Elkhart Eng'g Corp. v. Dornier Werke
  343 F.2d 861· 5th Cir.· 1965-04-13 ·cited 41×
  Alabama's long-arm statute, Title 7, § 199(1), permits service of process on a foreign corporation for a tort arising from a single business transaction within the state, and such service comports with Fourteenth Amendment due process requirements.
• Fisons Ltd. & Fisons Pharms. Ltd. v. United States
  458 F.2d 1241· 7th Cir.· 1972-01-05 ·cited 40×
  The court held that the Interlocutory Appeals Act of 1958 applies to civil antitrust cases brought by the United States, even those covered by the Expediting Act, and that the petitioners had sufficient minimum contacts with Illinois to establish personal jurisdiction.
• State ex rel. Guardian Credit Indem. Corp. v. Harrison
  74 So. 2d 371· Fla.· 1954-07-23 ·cited 38×
  The Florida Supreme Court upheld jurisdiction over a foreign corporation (Guardian Credit Indemnity Corporation) based on service of process via the Secretary of State under Florida's long-arm statute. The court departed from the restrictive "mere solicitation rule" and adopted t
• Snyder v. Bruton Smith
  736 F.2d 409· 7th Cir.· 1984-06-07 ·cited 36×
  The court held that it had personal jurisdiction over the appellant and that the Federal Arbitration Act applied, but reversed the district court's order compelling arbitration in Illinois when the agreement specified Texas.
• Olsen v. Gov't OF Mexico
  729 F.2d 641· 9th Cir.· 1984-03-30 ·cited 36×
  The court held that both subject matter and personal jurisdiction exist over the Government of Mexico for wrongful death claims arising from an airplane crash in the United States.
• Fulton v. Chicago
  481 F.2d 326· 8th Cir.· 1973-04-27 ·cited 33×
  The court held that the jury instruction regarding party responsibilities for loading machinery was substantially correct and did not warrant reversal.
• ECK v. United Arab Airlines, Inc.
  360 F.2d 804· 2d Cir.· 1966-05-13 ·cited 33×
• Woodring v. Crown Eng'g Co.
  141 So. 2d 816· Fla. 2d DCA· 1962-06-01 ·cited 32×
  The court held that the insured's misrepresentation of inventory size was material, allowing the insurer to avoid the policy.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Waffenschmidt v. MacKay
  763 F.2d 711· 5th Cir.· 1985-06-21 ·cited 29×
  Nonparties who reside outside a court's territorial jurisdiction may be subject to its jurisdiction if they actively aid and abet a party in violating a court order, with actual notice of that order.
• Polychronis Grammenos and Theodore Orfanides v. Lemos
  457 F.2d 1067· 2d Cir.· 1972-02-23 ·cited 28×
  The court held that while service on Lemos was improper, the complaint should not have been dismissed, allowing plaintiffs to attempt proper service. Service on Nile through its agent Triton was also found inadequate.
• Driver v. Helms
  577 F.2d 147· 1st Cir.· 1978-05-25 ·cited 26×
  The court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e) applies to former government officials and to damage actions against officials in their individual capacities, and that its nationwide service provision is constitutional.
• MAX Daetwyler Corp. v. Meyer
  762 F.2d 290· 3d Cir.· 1985-05-22 ·cited 25×
  The court held that the district court erred in asserting jurisdiction based on national contacts and that the Pennsylvania long-arm statute, properly construed, did not provide a basis for jurisdiction in this case.
• H. Bell & Assocs., Inc. v. Keasbey & Mattison Co.
  140 So. 2d 125· Fla. 3d DCA· 1962-04-24 ·cited 25×
  The court held that service of process on a managing official of a foreign corporation in Florida, under Fla. Stat. § 47.17(1), is valid even if the cause of action did not arise from a transaction in Florida, provided the corporation had sufficient minimum contacts.
• Aldens, Inc. v. Packel
  524 F.2d 38· 3d Cir.· 1975-08-27 ·cited 24×
  Pennsylvania's Goods and Services Installment Sales Act can constitutionally apply to an out-of-state mail-order seller's transactions with Pennsylvania residents, as Pennsylvania has a sufficient interest and the Act does not violate the Due Process, Full Faith and Credit, or Co
• Parmalee v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'n
  206 F.2d 518· 5th Cir.· 1953-08-06 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the Florida Unauthorized Insurers Process Act is constitutional and that the defendant insurer's actions constituted sufficient minimum contacts to subject it to Florida's jurisdiction.
• Charilaos Gkiafis v. Steamship Yiosonas
  342 F.2d 546· 4th Cir.· 1965-02-02 ·cited 22×
  Maryland law permits substituted service on a foreign corporation whose ship made sporadic but commercially significant visits to the state, if such jurisdiction is constitutionally permissible under the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.
• Tetco Metal Prods., Inc. v. Langham
  387 F.2d 721· 5th Cir.· 1968-01-15 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the manufacturer did not have sufficient minimum contacts with Alabama to establish jurisdiction under the state's long-arm statute, and thus the district court erred in denying the motion to quash service of process.
• Dragor Shipping Corp. v. Union Tank CAR Co.
  361 F.2d 43· 9th Cir.· 1966-04-07 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the Arizona District Court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant because the lawsuit concerning a settlement agreement and promissory note executed in New York did not arise out of or involve business done or transactions in Arizona, thus violating d
• Greystone Tribeca Acquisition, L.L.C. v. Ronstrom
  863 So. 2d 473· Fla. 2d DCA· 2004-01-21 ·cited 18×
  The court held that ownership of a subsidiary operating a Florida facility, without more, is insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction over a foreign parent company under Florida's long-arm statute.
• Fed. Trade Comm'n v. JIM Walter Corp.
  651 F.2d 251· 5th Cir.· 1981-07-06 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the district court properly exercised jurisdiction over Jim Walter Corporation and that the modified subpoena was not unreasonably burdensome.
• A. B. L. Realty Corp. v. Cohl
  384 So. 2d 1351· Fla. 4th DCA· 1980-07-02 ·cited 18×
  This interlocutory appeal addresses whether Florida's long-arm statute gives Florida courts personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation and two individuals who sold a condominium to Michigan residents, who later discovered undisclosed liens. The court affirmed jurisdic
• U. S. Indus., Inc. v. Gregg
  540 F.2d 142· 3d Cir.· 1976-07-19 ·cited 18×
  The court held that Delaware's sequestration statute, which asserts jurisdiction based solely on the statutory situs of corporate stock, does not comport with the constitutional requirement of minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction.
• Talmadge Dawkins and Versie Dawkins v. White Prods. Corp. OF Middleville
  443 F.2d 589· 5th Cir.· 1971-05-20 ·cited 18×
  The court held that Mississippi's long-arm statute, as amended in 1964 to include committing a tort in whole or in part within the state, permits service of process on non-resident manufacturers of defective products sold in Mississippi, even if they have no other contacts with t
• Elec. Equip. Co., Inc. v. Daniel Hamm Drayage Co.
  217 F.2d 656· 8th Cir.· 1954-12-22 ·cited 18×
  A foreign corporation that conducts substantial business activities within a state, even if those activities have ceased before service of process, is subject to jurisdiction in that state for causes of action arising from that business.
• Life Labs., Inc. v. Cleopatra Valdes
  387 So. 2d 1009· Fla. 3d DCA· 1980-09-09 ·cited 17×
  Life Laboratories appealed the denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of in personam jurisdiction in a product liability case. The court reversed, holding that the plaintiff failed to plead sufficient ultimate facts showing the defendant manufacturer knew or should have anticip
• Hollis v. Peoples Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n OF Tarentum
  538 So. 2d 867· Fla. 1st DCA· 1988-11-10 ·cited 16×
  Florida appellate court reversed judgment against guarantors for lack of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants, finding the trial court lacked in personam jurisdiction.
• Point Landing, Inc. v. Omni Cap. Int'l, Ltd.
  795 F.2d 415· 5th Cir.· 1986-07-25 ·cited 16×
  In a federal question case, a federal court's personal jurisdiction over an alien defendant can be based on the defendant's aggregate contacts with the United States as a whole, not just with the forum state, to satisfy the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.
• Underwood v. The Univ. OF Ky.
  390 So. 2d 433· Fla. 3d DCA· 1980-11-18 ·cited 16×
  Underwood, a Kentucky resident, sued the University of Kentucky and a professor in Florida state court for libel over a book published in Kentucky. The Florida court properly dismissed for lack of in personam jurisdiction, but the dismissal should have been without prejudice, all
• Nectarios Koupetoris v. Konkar Intrepid Corp.
  535 F.2d 1392· 2d Cir.· 1976-06-11 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the shipowner had sufficient contacts with New York for personal jurisdiction and proper service of process, but affirmed the dismissal of the Jones Act claim due to insufficient contacts with the United States and upheld the forum non conveniens dismissal of
• Moore-McCORMACK Lines, Inc. v. Bunge Corp.
  307 F.2d 910· 4th Cir.· 1962-09-08 ·cited 16×
  Two New York corporations transacting substantial import/export business through Virginia port facilities, using local agents and engaging in related activities, were subject to process in Virginia.
• Bluff Creek OIL Co. & Wabash Oil Co. v. Green
  257 F.2d 83· 5th Cir.· 1958-06-26 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the Illinois default judgment was valid against Wabash Oil Company due to sufficient contacts with Illinois, but reversed and remanded as to Bluff Creek Oil Company due to a genuine dispute of material fact regarding its business dealings in Illinois.
• Colonial Leasing Co. OF NEW England, Inc. v. Pugh Bros. Garage
  735 F.2d 380· 9th Cir.· 1984-06-18 ·cited 15×
  Enforcement of a forum selection clause in a standard form lease is unreasonable and unfair when the clause was not negotiated, was in fine print, and the lessee was unaware of its implications.
• Eugenia P. Dunn (Administratrix) of the Estate of Walter B. Dunn v. The Upjohn Co.
  350 So. 2d 127· Fla. 1st DCA· 1977-10-04 ·cited 15×
  The Florida Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal of a personal injury claim against a Georgia pharmacist for lack of jurisdiction, holding that filling a prescription in Georgia for a Florida resident who consumed the drug in Florida did not establish the minimum contacts required
• First Nat'l Bank OF Louisville v. J. W. Brewer Tire Co.
  680 F.2d 1123· 6th Cir.· 1982-06-22 ·cited 14×
  The court held that a nonresident corporate buyer's substantial business transactions with a Kentucky seller, including visits by its personnel and a series of sales over several years, established sufficient minimum contacts for Kentucky to exercise personal jurisdiction.
• Ky. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mills
  367 So. 2d 673· Fla. 2d DCA· 1979-02-02 ·cited 14×
  Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company appealed the denial of its motion to dismiss an uninsured motorist claim brought by Kentucky residents in Florida state court. The appellate court reversed, holding that Florida courts lacked personal jurisdiction over the out-of-stat
• Simari v. Ill. Cent. R.R. Co.
  179 So. 2d 220· Fla. 1st DCA· 1965-10-21 ·cited 14×
  Simari sued two railroads for injuries suffered in Missouri while a passenger on a train. The Illinois Central Railroad moved to dismiss for insufficient service of process. The court reversed, holding that Illinois Central maintained sufficient "minimum contacts" with Florida th