· 12/26/2007
Melea, Ltd. v. Jawer Sa
Citations
- 511 F.3d 1060
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 29789
- 2007 WL 4510263
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that ongoing communications for more than 200 days with an individual in Colorado serving as the intermediary in business dealings did not give rise to the cause of action and therefore an exercise of specific jurisdiction was impermissible
- stating that 27 “[t]he existence of a conspiracy and acts of a co-conspirator within the forum may, in some cases, 1 As for (3
- holding to same effect in diversity case
- “[A] defendant’s correspondence with someone within the forum is typically insufficient to establish the requisite ‘minimum contacts.’”
- “An appeal is considered frivolous when the result is obvious, or the appellant’s arguments of error are wholly without merit.” (quoting F.D.I.C. v. McGlamery, 74 F.3d 218, 222 (10th Cir. 1996))
- “Where no injury related to the conspiracy occurred in Colorado, and [nonresident defendant’s] only Colorado-related action with regard to any purported conspiracy was to receive communications from Colorado, the basis for jurisdiction is slim”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Briscoe, Ebel, and Murphy, Circuit Judges
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