Legal Opinion
Swoboda v. Hero Decks
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 31, 2010No. 2009-CA-1303PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge.
|, This Court is presented with the question of whether an internet merchandiser has established sufficient minimum contacts with Louisiana to be subjected to personal jurisdiction. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s finding that personal jurisdiction cannot be extended.
Parody Productions, LLC is a company that publishes novelty playing cards, which are sold over the internet. The product at issue for this appeal is referred to as the “Hero Decks” line which portrays well known players from a sports team’s history. One such deck includes fifty-two…
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