Harriman v. Demoulas Supermarkets, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• determining Maine had a legitimate interest because, among other factors, the citizen felt the effects of his injury in Maine
• requiring the defendant to establish that jurisdiction was unreasonable and inconvenient
• nonresident defendant’s conduct in entering into and maintaining a twelve-year contractual relationship with a Maine business provided sufficient basis upon which to assert jurisdiction
• defendant established extensive, long-term business relationships with Maine suppliers and advertised in Maine to attract Maine customers
• “Maine has an interest in providing ... Maine citizens [ ] a means of redress against nonresidents..., [And] concern for the safety of Maine workers engaged in activities in the course of trade that is essential to Maine’s economy.” (citations omitted)
• locus of eftects of injury give state an interest in subject matter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).