Poor Boy Tree Service, Inc. v. Dixie Electric Membership Corp.

We consider long-arm jurisdiction. Dixie,1 a Louisiana electric cooperative with no general presence in or connections to Missouri, was hit hard by Hurricane Gus*931tav. Dixie accepted, by phone, Poor Boy’s offer to send crews and equipment. Poor Boy’s convoy worked in Louisiana some ten days.

Poor Boy billed Dixie $2.8 million. Dixie paid only $2.3 million. Poor Boy, a Missouri company, sued in Missouri for the balance. The trial court sustained Dixie’s jurisdictional challenge and dismissed the case, rejecting Poor Boy’s theory that Dixie’s single phone call to Missouri satisfied long-arm…