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· 7/9/2002

MacHulsky v. Hall

Citations

  • 210 F. Supp. 2d 531
  • 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13285
  • 2002 WL 1611553

How courts have described this case

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

  • clarifying minimal email correspondence “by itself or even in conjunction with his single purchase, does not constitute sufficient minimum contacts”
  • Plaintiff failed to show Defendants engaged in more than single internet transactions with forum state.
  • buyer’s negative eBay feedback about seller was not purposefully directed toward seller’s home state of New Jersey
  • minimal email correspondence, “by itself or even in conjunction with a single purchase, does not constitute sufficient minimum contacts.”
  • “[M]inimal correspondence alone will not satisfy minimum contacts.” (quoting Barrett v. Catacombs Press, 44 F. Supp. 2d 717, 729 (E.D. Pa. 1999))
  • “the act of entering into a contract with a foreign jurisdiction, without more, cannot serve as a basis for asserting personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant.”

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Judges: Brotman

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