Northrup King Co. v. Compania Productora Semillas Algodoneras Selectas, S.A., Also Known as C.O.P.S.A., a Spanish Corporation

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• finding personal jurisdiction, in part, based on the defendant’s written and faxed communications in arranging a sales contract
• noting it is a plaintiff’s burden to establish a prima facie case for sufficiency and service of process
• fostering continuation of business relationship is purposeful availment by conducting activities within Minnesota
• considering how often the defendant stayed at the property, that his immediate family lived at the property, and that he owned the property as persuasive in finding it was his usual residence under Rule 6.9
• declining to “go behind [the] certificate” to find non-compliance with the Hague Convention but suggesting that the prima facie evidence of proper service may be rebutted by lack of actual notice or some showing of prejudice
• two trips to Minnesota, substantial purchases and extensive written communication showed that contacts were not random

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