Legal Opinion
Cove-Craft Industries Inc. v. B. L. Armstrong Co. Ltd.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 13, 1980No. 79-230PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, C.J.
The issues in this contract case are whether the requirements of RSA 300:14, New Hampshire’s long-arm statute, have been met and, if so, whether the defendant, a foreign corporation, has sufficient contacts with this State to enable the court to assert jurisdiction over it. We hold that, in the present case, jurisdiction attaches.
The plaintiff is a New Hampshire corporation engaged in the manufacture of wooden crutches in Gilford. The defendant is a Canadian brokerage company dealing with, among other things, the sale of hardwood veneer. In essence, the defendant acts as a middleman between…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Erin Food Services, Inc. v. 688 PropertiesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Bellak v. Franconia CollegeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Linda Kowalski, N.K.A. Linda Larochelle v. Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, Attorneys at LawCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Phelps v. KingstonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1987
- Lex Computer & Management Corp. v. Eslinger & Pelton, P.C.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 1987
- VDI TECHNOLOGIES v. PriceDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1991
- Estabrook v. WetmoreSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1987
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