Legal Opinion
Berk v. Theatre Arts of West Virginia, Inc.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 26, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Louis B. York, J.
In this case, the court must determine whether a regional theatre company from West Virginia, by conducting auditions in New York that directly led to a contract between the company and a New York-based actress, subjected itself to New York’s long-arm jurisdiction for an action arising out of the contract. For the reasons that follow, I conclude that defendant Theatre Arts of West Virginia’s acts in New York constitute the minimum contacts necessary to permit this court to exercise its long-arm jurisdiction. Accordingly, I deny defendant’s motion to…
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