State Ex Rel. Sweere v. Crookham

The issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether the Oregon long-arm statute, ORS 14.035, permits an Oregon court to acquire personal jurisdiction over plaintiff/relator Joseph Sweere.

The underlying litigation involves a contractual dispute between Rusth Industries, an Oregon corporation, and W-P Distributors, a North Dakota corporation, with a principal place of business in Minnesota. The complaint alleges that Rusth appointed W-P as a distributor of Rusth products in a territory outside the State of Oregon. Pursuant to that agreement W-P purchased a quantity of Rusth products, which were…