John Clark Donatelli v. National Hockey League

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the National Hockey League’s negotiation of telecasting contracts in Rhode Island was not enough to establish personal jurisdiction
• noting that “ ‘[although minimum contacts suffice in and of. themselves for specific jurisdiction ..., the standard for general jurisdiction is considerably more stringent’ ”
• explaining that jurisdictional agency issues must be based on a “frank appraisal of the realities surrounding any given relationship”
• noting that there is a “presumption of corporate separateness that [may] be overcome by clear evidence”
• noting that “‘[a]lthough minimum contacts suffice in and of themselves for specific jurisdiction . . . , the standard for general jurisdiction is considerably more stringent’”
• noting that “‘[a]lthough minimum contacts suffice in and of themselves for specific jurisdiction . . . , the standard for general jurisdiction is considerably more stringent’”

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