Ureneck v. Xu Yingnong

The plaintiff, Joseph Ureneck as assignee of Rainbow Marriage International Marriage Service Incorporated (“Rainbow”), appeals from a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant, Xu Yingnong (“Ms. Xu”), a California resident Rainbow seeks to collect contract damages under a marriage brokerage agreement as a result of Ms. Xu’s marriage to a man to whom she was introduced by Rainbow. For the reasons stated below, we affirm dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Based on the contract and undisputed facts of the parties’ affidavits, the district court justice could have…