Minimum Contacts

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• U.S.S. Yachts, Inc. v. Ocean Yachts, Inc.
  894 F.2d 9· 1st Cir.· 1990-01-18 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the defendant's contacts with Puerto Rico were insufficient to establish minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction under the Due Process Clause.
• Papachristou v. Turbines Inc.
  884 F.2d 1116· 8th Cir.· 1989-09-12 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the defendant's activity in Arkansas was not sufficiently substantial to meet due process requirements for personal jurisdiction.
• BCE Dev. Props., Inc. v. Aero Exch.
  538 So. 2d 529· Fla. 4th DCA· 1989-02-15 ·cited 4×
  A seller of an airplane in Florida, whose broker procured the buyer, is subject to Florida's personal jurisdiction for a commission dispute.
• Davis v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co.
  861 F.2d 1159· 9th Cir.· 1988-11-21 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the insurer's contacts with Montana were insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction, as its actions were not purposefully directed at the state and the plaintiff's claim did not arise from forum-related activities.
• Wiggins v. Pipkin
  853 F.2d 841· 11th Cir.· 1988-08-29 ·cited 4×
  A final judgment of dismissal for lack of jurisdiction bars relitigation of the jurisdictional issue under res judicata principles, even if a motion for reconsideration was filed.
• Retail Software Servs., Inc. v. Hal Lashlee
  854 F.2d 18· 2d Cir.· 1988-08-10 ·cited 4×
  The court held that personal jurisdiction over the individual defendants could be exercised under New York's long-arm statute, as their actions through the corporation constituted transacting business in the state and satisfied due process requirements.
• Health Care Equalization Comm. OF THE Iowa Chiropractic Soc'y v. Iowa Med. Soc'y
  851 F.2d 1020· 8th Cir.· 1988-06-24 ·cited 4×
  The court affirmed the district court's judgment, holding that the Blues were exempt from antitrust laws under the state action doctrine and the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and that the ACR was properly dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.
• Bludworth Bond Shipyard, Inc. v. M/V Caribbean Wind
  841 F.2d 646· 5th Cir.· 1988-04-08 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the default judgment was void for want of personal jurisdiction because service of process did not strictly comply with the Texas long-arm statute by providing outdated addresses. Therefore, the district court erred in denying the motion to set aside the defau
• Travelers Indem. Co. v. Atl. Express Line
  837 F.2d 187· 5th Cir.· 1988-02-08 ·cited 4×
  The court held that service of process by mail on an alien insurer under the Louisiana Long-Arm Statute was proper, superseding the service requirements of the direct action statute.
• Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. v. Avco Corp.
  834 F.2d 510· 5th Cir.· 1987-12-28 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the 1987 amendment to the Louisiana Long-Arm Statute, which makes jurisdiction coextensive with due process, applies to pending cases and resolves the issue of jurisdiction when due process is satisfied.
• Pittsburgh Terminal Corp. v. MID Allegheny Corp.
  831 F.2d 522· 4th Cir.· 1987-10-23 ·cited 4×
  The court held that directors of a West Virginia corporation, by accepting and exercising their directorships and participating in corporate decisions affecting the corporation's business in West Virginia, established sufficient minimum contacts with the state to be subject to pe
• Beyer v. Home Mut. Ins. Co.
  512 So. 2d 990· Fla. 5th DCA· 1987-08-13 ·cited 4×
  The court held that a power of attorney designating the Florida Insurance Commissioner as agent for service of process is a sufficient basis for personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state insurer when the policyholder is involved in a Florida motor vehicle accident.
• Ganis Corp. OF Cal. v. Jackson
  822 F.2d 194· 1st Cir.· 1987-06-29 ·cited 4×
  The exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over the Jacksons by the California court did not offend due process because their conduct and connection with California established sufficient minimum contacts.
• Aminoff & Co., Inc. v. Storrington Corp.
  503 So. 2d 1290· Fla. 2d DCA· 1987-02-06 ·cited 4×
  Aminoff & Company and Gary Aminoff appealed the trial court's denial of their motion to quash service of process and motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The appellate court found the trial court erred by failing to consider a supplemental affidavit it had granted leave to
• Moncrief v. Lexington Herald-Leader Co
  807 F.2d 217· D.C. Cir.· 1986-12-16 ·cited 4×
  A nonresident newspaper publisher that sends an allegedly libelous article into the District of Columbia is not subject to the District's long-arm statute jurisdiction based solely on newsgathering activities or the mailing of the publication.
• FOX v. Boucher
  794 F.2d 34· 2d Cir.· 1986-06-20 ·cited 4×
  The court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint and the imposition of sanctions, finding the action frivolous and brought in bad faith. It also assessed double costs and attorney's fees against the appellant for a frivolous appeal.
• Miller v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  779 F.2d 769· 1st Cir.· 1985-12-20 ·cited 4×
  The court held that personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation cannot be established when its only connection to the forum state is through a subsidiary that sells its products, and the foreign corporation itself has no direct contacts with the state.
• Turner v. Lawton
  473 So. 2d 303· Fla. 2d DCA· 1985-08-07 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the trial court erred in denying the appellant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
• Duke Power Co. v. Hollifield
  471 So. 2d 1365· Fla. 1st DCA· 1985-07-03 ·cited 4×
  Duke Power Company appealed the trial court's denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a third-party indemnification suit arising from a 1950 contract. The court held that Duke Power's execution of an interstate contract alone, without purposeful avail
• Auto Club Ins. Ass'n v. Meyer
  458 So. 2d 425· Fla. 2d DCA· 1984-11-09 ·cited 4×
  A foreign insurer's contract insuring a resident against liability anywhere in the U.S. does not establish minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction in any state where an accident occurs.
• Crosson v. Conlee
  745 F.2d 896· 4th Cir.· 1984-10-04 ·cited 4×
  A federal court sitting in diversity should decline jurisdiction over a claim against a foreign executor if the claim is barred by the nonclaim statute of the state where the estate is being administered and where all assets are located, rendering any judgment unenforceable.
• Tellschow v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
  585 F. Supp. 593· S.D. Fla.· 1984-05-24 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the plaintiff failed to allege sufficient contacts to establish personal jurisdiction over the non-resident defendants because the cause of action did not arise from the defendants' business activities in Florida.
• Micah Hardy v. Sanyei Hong Kong, Ltd.
  448 So. 2d 1215· Fla. 4th DCA· 1984-04-25 ·cited 4×
  The court held that Sanyei's business activities in Florida were sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute.
• Kight v. NEW Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co.
  441 So. 2d 189· Fla. 5th DCA· 1983-11-25 ·cited 4×
  The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal held that a foreign liability insurer cannot be sued in Florida under the state's long-arm statute merely because its insurance policy provided nationwide coverage for automobile accidents. The court affirmed that such a policy does not
• Waldrip v. Dyal Sales Co., Inc.
  436 So. 2d 418· Fla. 1st DCA· 1983-08-23 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the appellants had sufficient minimum contacts with Florida to establish personal jurisdiction under the state's long-arm statute.
• Am. Land Program, Inc. v. Bonaventura Uitgevers Maatschappij, N.V.
  710 F.2d 1449· 10th Cir.· 1983-06-24 ·cited 4×
  The court held that personal jurisdiction could be exercised over the journalist and publisher under Utah's long arm statute, but not over the alleged co-conspirators due to insufficient evidence.
• Cont'l Am. Corp. v. Camera Controls Corp.
  692 F.2d 1309· 10th Cir.· 1982-11-12 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the defendant's contacts with Kansas, including partial payments and negotiations for a contract to be performed in part in Kansas, were sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the Kansas long-arm statute and satisfy due process requirements.
• Dagoberto Sanchez and Christina Sanchez v. Laribee Mach. Co., Inc.
  409 So. 2d 1064· Fla. 3d DCA· 1981-12-08 ·cited 4×
  The appellate court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' second amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a New York corporation.
• Willis v. Willis
  655 F.2d 1333· D.C. Cir.· 1981-06-26 ·cited 4×
  The court held that Harvey Firestone's limited, non-commercial contacts with the District of Columbia were insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction over his estate for claims unrelated to his D.C. property interest. The court also held that Elizabeth Willis, having paid in
• Ford Motor Co. v. Atwood Vacuum Mach. Co.
  392 So. 2d 1305· Fla.· 1981-01-08 ·cited 4×
  Ford Motor Company appealed a dismissal of its third-party complaint against Atwood Vacuum Machine Company, a component manufacturer, based on lack of personal jurisdiction. The Florida Supreme Court held that section 48.193(1)(f)(2) of the Florida long-arm statute applied and wa
• Webber v. Michela
  633 F.2d 518· 8th Cir.· 1980-10-28 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants because they had insufficient minimum contacts with the forum state. The dismissal is affirmed, but the award of attorney's fees is vacated.
• Se. First Nat'l Bank OF Satellite Beach v. Atl. Telec, Inc.
  389 So. 2d 1032· Fla. 5th DCA· 1980-09-24 ·cited 4×
  The bank is liable for paying over a stop payment order when the customer shows a defense to payment, and the bank can assert the customer's rights against the payee in a third-party complaint if personal jurisdiction exists.
• Covington Indus., Inc. v. Resintex A. G. and Horst Susskind
  629 F.2d 730· 2d Cir.· 1980-06-23 ·cited 4×
  A New York district court can entertain a Rule 60(b) motion to vacate a registered Georgia federal court judgment if the Georgia court lacked in personam jurisdiction.
• Sprow v. Hartford Ins. Co.
  594 F.2d 412· 5th Cir.· 1979-04-23 ·cited 4×
  The court held that while the appellees lacked sufficient minimum contacts with Louisiana for personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute, jurisdiction might exist under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f) if the place of service is within 100 miles of the forum, measured '
• Rose v. K. K. Masutoku TOY Factory Co.
  597 F.2d 215· 10th Cir.· 1979-04-19 ·cited 4×
  The court held that Oklahoma law governs when an action is commenced for statute of limitations purposes, and that the Oklahoma statute for substituted service on foreign corporations is unconstitutional for failing to require actual notice to the defendant.
• Lee-Hy Paving Corp. v. O'Connor
  439 U.S. 1034· U.S.· 1978-12-04 ·cited 4×
• Church OF Scientology OF Cal. v. Adams
  584 F.2d 893· 9th Cir.· 1978-10-23 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the limited circulation of allegedly libelous articles in California did not establish sufficient minimum contacts to support personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state publisher and authors.
• Gen. Council on Fin. & Admin. v. Cal. Superior Court
  439 U.S. 1369· U.S.· 1978-09-01 ·cited 4×
  The application for a stay pending certiorari is denied because the applicant has not demonstrated a reasonable probability that four Justices will vote to grant certiorari.
• Interstate Indus., Inc. v. Barclay Indus., Inc.
  540 F.2d 868· 7th Cir.· 1976-08-24 ·cited 4×
  The court held that a price quotation letter, lacking specific terms and indicating a preliminary step, does not constitute an offer, thus precluding the formation of a contract and personal jurisdiction based on supplying goods in the state.
• Inge Pinebrook v. Pinebrook
  329 So. 2d 343· Fla. 4th DCA· 1976-03-26 ·cited 4×
  A Florida appellate court reversed a trial court's dismissal of a wife's complaint seeking to enforce a California divorce decree requiring sale and equal division of Florida real property. The court held that California courts had valid personal jurisdiction over the out-of-stat
• Columbia Metal Culvert Co., Inc. v. Kaiser Indus. Corp.
  526 F.2d 724· 3d Cir.· 1975-11-03 ·cited 4×
  The court held that Robert A. Kennedy's solicitation of business and sale to a Pennsylvania company, along with arranging for merchandise to be shipped into the Commonwealth, constituted 'doing business' under Pennsylvania's long-arm statute, thus establishing personal jurisdicti
• Pennington v. Toyomenka, Inc.
  512 F.2d 1291· 5th Cir.· 1975-05-14 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the defendant did not transact business in Georgia sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the Long Arm Statute, as its contacts were limited to sending goods and receiving payment without a sufficient nexus to Georgia law.
• M & W Contractors, Inc. v. ARCH Mineral Corp. & Eads Coal Co.
  466 F.2d 1339· 6th Cir.· 1972-09-06 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the district court erred in dismissing the case for lack of personal jurisdiction, as the defendants purposefully availed themselves of the privilege of acting in Ohio.
• Scanapico v. Richmond
  439 F.2d 17· 2d Cir.· 1970-07-16 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (RF&P) was subject to personal jurisdiction in New York. The majority found that the RF&P's activities, including freight solicitation, the sale of through tickets by connecting carriers, and the daily presence o
• Bernardi Bros., Inc. v. Pride Mfg., Inc.
  427 F.2d 297· 3d Cir.· 1970-06-03 ·cited 4×
  A foreign corporation's independent representative's solicitation activities from the forum state, which have no effect within that state and do not involve purposeful availment of its laws, do not establish sufficient minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction.
• Edmundson v. Hamilton
  148 So. 2d 262· Fla.· 1962-12-19 ·cited 4×
  The Florida Supreme Court upheld a nonresident vessel owner statute and affirmed a jury verdict for negligence in a maritime wrongful death case brought under the Jones Act. The court held that Florida's statute providing jurisdiction over nonresident vessel operators is constitu
• LE Vecke v. Griesedieck W. Brewery Co.
  233 F.2d 772· 9th Cir.· 1956-05-22 ·cited 4×
  A foreign corporation is not transacting intrastate business in California, subject to service of process, merely by making substantial sales to a local distributor, absent other significant local contacts. However, maintaining a regional office and sales representatives engaged
• Consolidated Cosmetics v. D-A PUB. Co., Inc.
  186 F.2d 906· 7th Cir.· 1951-01-19 ·cited 4×
  The court held that the defendant's continuous and systematic activities in Illinois, including publication and mailing of its magazine, constituted 'doing business' and established sufficient minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction.
• HJC Corp. v. Gallardo
  338 So. 3d 316· Fla. 3d DCA· 2022-03-16 ·cited 3×
  HJC Corp. and HJC America, Inc. appealed a trial court order denying their motions to dismiss a wrongful death action for lack of personal jurisdiction. The appellate court reversed and remanded because the trial court failed to establish a clear factual record necessary to prope
• Power Rental OP CO, LLC v. Virgin Islands Water & Power Auth.
  2021 WL 298161· M.D. Fla.· 2021-07-06 ·cited 3×
  The court held that it had personal jurisdiction over the defendant and granted summary judgment on the breach of promissory note claim, but denied it on duplicative claims for services rendered and quantum meruit.