United States First Circuit

In a bi-coastal commercial dispute requires us to test the outer limits of a court's in personam jurisdiction, consistent with the constraints of the Due Process Clause, the District Court's dismissal of the complaint, on grounds that defendant lacked sufficient contacts with the forum state to permit the exercise of jurisdiction, is reversed where plaintiff's attempted exercise of jurisdiction over defendant in Massachusetts is consistent with due process, because the assertion of jurisdiction satisfies both the relatedness and purposeful availment criteria, and the Gestalt factors do not counsel otherwise.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/06/06

Judges

• SELYA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel