Legal Opinion
Rainbow Industrial Products v. Haybuster Manufacturing, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 18, 1976No. 76 C 578PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PRATT, District Judge.
Every day business dealings between New York State and cities throughout the country are carried on by countless phone calls and letters. In many cases, these communications are the only contacts which business concerns from other states have with New York. The question before the court is: are such phone calls and letters, without more, sufficient to subject an out of state business to the long arm jurisdiction of New York State?
Defendant, a North Dakota corporation, moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction an action brought by a New York…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co. v. Barnes & Reinecke, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bross Utilities Service Corp. v. AboubshaitDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1980
- Lichtenstein v. Jewelart, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1982
- Glacier Refrigeration Service, Inc. v. American Transportation, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1979
- McGowan v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Empresa Nacional Siderurgica, S. A. v. Glazer Steel Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
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