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· 8/5/1982

Mississippi Interstate Express, Inc. v. Transpo, Inc., Azcal, Inc. And Robert Zoller

Citations

  • 681 F.2d 1003
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 16808

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding plaintiff made “at least a prima facie showing” that defendants conspired to defraud plaintiff despite discrepancies over ownership relationship between defendants
  • finding noncontracting defendants subject to personal jurisdiction because plaintiff implicated all defendants in alleged fraudulent conspiracy to obtain plaintiff's services for free
  • California defendant’s national business makes it more reasonable for it to expect distant forum litigation
  • “All shipments were initiated by defendant, the tasks of directing the details of such shipments were ones in which defendants exercised a significant measure of control .... ”
  • defendant’s “exercise[] [of] a significant measure of control” over activities in the forum state satisfied purposeful availment
  • “[W]hether the minimum contacts are sufficient to justify subjection of the non-resident to suit in the forum is determined . . . under the particular facts upon the quality and nature of the activity with relation to the forum state.”

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Judges: Politz, Tate, Wisdom

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