Legal Opinion
Boschetto v. Hansing
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2008No. 06-16595PublishedCited by 712 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER; Concurrence by Judge RYMER.
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a question that remains surprisingly unanswered by the circuit courts: Does the sale of an item via the eBay Internet auction site provide sufficient “minimum contacts” to support personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in the buyer’s forum state? Plaintiff-Appellant Paul Boschetto (“Boschetto”) was the winning bidder for a 1964 Ford Galaxie sold on eBay by the DefendanL-Appellee, Jeffrey Hansing (“Hansing”) for $34,106. Boschetto arranged for the car to be shipped…
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