Colite Industries, Inc. v. G. W. Murphy Construction Co.

Gregory, Chief Judge:

This appeal is from an order dismissing this action for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse.

This is an action for breach of contract. Respondent is a Hawaii corporation. Appellant, a South Carolina corporation, answered respondent’s invitation to bid advertised in a Honolulu newspaper. The parties entered into an agreement that appellant would supply respondent with signs, graphics, and structural supports for construction work at the Honolulu Airport. The contract provides that questions re garding the contract will be decided according to the laws of Hawaii; it…