Maurice Sternberg, Inc. v. James

How courts have described this case

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

• not arising out of where “offers and rejections [were] interposed between” visit to forum state and the agreement ultimately entered into
• “The fact that the Illinois plaintiff’s part of the contract was to be performed in Illinois is not transacting business for jurisdictional purposes.”
• no personal jurisdiction where defendant entered the forum state on two occasions for reasons wholly unrelated to the plaintiff or the dispute
• phone calls insufficient regardless of who phones first

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rose v. Franchetti
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-05-16· cited 50×
• Abbott Laboratories, Inc. v. BioValve Technologies, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2008-02-12· cited 21×
• L.H. Carbide Corp. v. Piece Maker Co.
  N.D. Indiana· 1994-05-18· cited 20×
• Torco Oil Co. v. Innovative Thermal Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-12-28· cited 16×
• Konicki v. Wirta
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-04-25· cited 14×
• Caba Ltd. Liability Co. v. Mustang Software, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-05-25· cited 12×
• Maglio & Kendro v. Superior Enerquip
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1989-06-02· cited 9×
• Afirm, Inc. v. Frazee Paint & Wallcovering Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 1985-12-24· cited 8×
• Sky Valley Ltd. Partnership v. ATX Sky Valley, Ltd.
  N.D. Illinois· 1991-10-28· cited 8×
• Reliable Tool & MacHine Co. v. U-Haul International, Inc.
  N.D. Indiana· 1993-11-10· cited 7×
• Connolly v. Samuelson
  N.D. Illinois· 1985-06-12· cited 6×
• Cross v. Simons
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-05-11· cited 5×
• Boden Products, Inc. v. Novachem, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1987-02-03· cited 4×
• New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 v. Fall River Nursing Home, Inc.
  D. Rhode Island· 1992-10-06· cited 2×
• Ben Kozloff, Inc. v. H & G Distributors, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-07-28· cited 2×
• Metcalfe v. Renaissance Marine, Inc.
  Virgin Islands· 2008-02-15· cited 1×
• Curtis Construction Co. of the Midwest, Inc. v. VFS, Inc.
  N.D. Indiana· 1991-01-02· cited 1×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. v. Mountain State Construction Co., Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-06-08· cited 207×
• O'Hare International Bank, a National Banking Association v. Berlon E. Hampton
  Seventh Circuit· 1971-02-04· cited 185×
• Cook Associates, Inc. v. Lexington United Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-12-04· cited 160×
• Green v. Advance Ross Electronics Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-09-30· cited 158×
• Williams v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-02-25· cited 99×
• United States Railway Equipment Co. v. Port Huron and Detroit Railroad Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1974-05-02· cited 57×
• Adden v. Middlebrooks
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-09-15· cited 50×
• Ronco, Inc. v. Plastics, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1982-05-13· cited 48×
• Woodfield Ford, Inc. v. Akins Ford Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-10-05· cited 47×
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. Conductron Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-02-26· cited 33×
• Wessel Co., Inc. v. Yoffee & Beitman Management
  N.D. Illinois· 1978-09-29· cited 29×
• Unarco Industries, Inc. v. Frederick Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-09-14· cited 13×
• U. S. Reduction Co. v. Amalgamet, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1982-08-12· cited 12×
• Captain International Industries, Inc. v. Westbury, Chicago, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1975-11-18· cited 10×
• Caicos Petroleum Service Corp. v. Hunsaker
  N.D. Illinois· 1982-04-28· cited 8×