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· 11/17/1994

Nash Finch Co. v. Preston

Citations

  • 867 F. Supp. 866
  • 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16707
  • 1994 WL 650220

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a contrary rule would lead to the \absurd\ result of making a law firm potentially \susceptible to the jurisdiction of every state in the union\
  • explaining that a contrary rule would lead to the “absurd” result of making a law firm potentially “susceptible to the jurisdiction of every state in the union”
  • to establish purposeful availment “out-of-state lawyer must do more than merely communicate with persons in the forum state at the client’s behest”
  • no Minnesota jurisdiction over Kentucky lawyer who sent opinion letter to Minnesota where letter was executed in Kentucky and loan proceeds were distributed there
  • no jurisdiction, however, in part because contacts did not evince purposeful availment

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Judges: Rosenbaum

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