Freeman v. Holmgaard

The appellants, defendants in the trial court, appeal a judgment domesticating a New Jersey judgment. The only valid point on appeal is whether the defendants had sufficient “minimum-contacts” in the State of New Jersey to justify service of process under the New Jersey “long-arm statute”. We find that such “minimum-contacts” did exist.

The record reveals the following facts. Beginning negotiations for the entry into a contract in Florida were commenced in New Jersey. The subject matter of the contract was the supplying to a New Jersey association of an airplane to transport its members and…