L & P Converters, Inc. v. H.M.S. Direct Mail Service, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding no personal jurisdiction over a passive purchaser who did nothing but place a phone order
• defendant “passivejly]” purchased paper from the plaintiff in approximately forty separate transactions of total value of approximately $220,000; adequate long-arm contact; inadequate due process contact
• lack of jurisdiction over a foreign defendant where a four-year commercial relationship with an in-State plaintiff involving approximately forty separate transactions failed to satisfy due process
• defendant was a “classic passive purchaser” where it “ha[d] done nothing to participate in the Massachusetts economy beyond placing . . . [telephone] orders from New York”
• defendant was merely a passive purchaser of paper products produced in Massachusetts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).