Court of Appeals of New York

In answer to certified question from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, CPLR 302(a)(1) does not confer jurisdiction over a person who: 1) sued a New York resident in a non-U.S. jurisdiction; and 2) whose contacts with New York stemmed from the foreign lawsuit and whose success in the foreign suit resulted in acts that must be performed by the subject of the suit in New York.

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• Decided 12/20/2007
• Published 12/20/2007

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