Legal Opinion
Hall v. LaRonde
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 7, 1997No. B107423PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, J.
Here the long arm of the Internet reaches from California to New York. We hold that the use of electronic mail and the telephone by a party in another state may establish sufficient minimum contacts with California to support personal jurisdiction. We reverse a judgment of dismissal arising from the trial court’s grant of defendant’s motion to quash service.
Facts
Appellant, Blake Hall alleged in his complaint that in September of 1994 he entered into a contract with Brad LaRonde doing business as LaRonde Technical Consulting. The contract authorized LaRonde to sell licenses…
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