United States First Circuit

In this contracts case in which the parties, a Canadian defendant and a Massachusetts plaintiff, did not have first-hand contacts and in which the contacts involved no physical presence in Massachusetts, but were by phone, email, and internet over an international border, dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed and remanded, where in light of the nature of the contacts, the number of contacts over time, and the origin and duration of the parties' contacts, the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction by Massachusetts is consistent with Due Process fair play and substantial justice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2014
• Published 11/12/2014

Judges

• Lynch

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel