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purposeful availment privilege in Massachusetts

5 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 2001–2015 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Arthur F. Sawtelle, Etc. v. George E. Farrellgreen
ca1 · 1995 · cited in 3 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2013–2015
2 sentences

2015Purposeful Availment Next, the court must determine if the defendants’ in-state contacts “represent a purposeful availment of the privilege of conducting activities in the forum state, thereby invoking the benefits and protections of that state’s laws and making the defendant’s involuntary presence before the state’s courts foreseeable.” Sawtelle v. Farrell, 70 F.3d 1381, 1389 (1st Cir. 1995) (citation omitted).

2015“The function of the purposeful availment requirement is to assure that personal jurisdiction is not premised solely upon a defendant’s ‘random, isolated, or fortuitous’ contacts with the forum state.” Sawtelle v. Farrell, 70 F.3d 1381, 1390 (1st Cir. 1995), quoting Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 465 U.S. 770, 774 (1984).

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Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canadagreen
ca1 · 1995 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015Third, the exercise of jurisdiction must, in light of the Gestalt factors, be reasonable.” Daynard, 290 F.3d at 60 , quoting Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canada, 46 F.3d 138, 144 (1st Cir. 1995).

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Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.green
scotus · 1984 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
2 sentences

2015“The function of the purposeful availment requirement is to assure that personal jurisdiction is not premised solely upon a defendant’s ‘random, isolated, or fortuitous’ contacts with the forum state.” Sawtelle v. Farrell, 70 F.3d 1381, 1390 (1st Cir. 1995), quoting Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 465 U.S. 770, 774 (1984).

2015“The function of the purposeful availment requirement is to assure that personal jurisdiction is not premised solely upon a defendant’s ‘random, isolated, or fortuitous’ contacts with the forum state.” Sawtelle v. Farrell, 70 F.3d 1381, 1390 (1st Cir. 1995), quoting Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 465 U.S. 770, 774 (1984).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Richard A. Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A. Ronald L. Motley, Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent P.A. Richard F. Scruggs green
ca1 · 2002
1 sentence

2015Third, the exercise of jurisdiction must, in light of the Gestalt factors, be reasonable.” Daynard, 290 F.3d at 60 , quoting Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canada, 46 F.3d 138, 144 (1st Cir. 1995).

12015–2015
Calder v. Jones green
scotus · 1984
1 sentence

2015Walden addressed the “effects” test that had been developed after the Court’s 1984 decision in Colder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783 (1984).

12015–2015
cluster 580868 green
ca1 · 1992
1 sentence

2014Workers of America, 960 F.2d at 1089 .

12014–2014
Bennett v. Jack Dennis Whitewater Trips green
mad · 1996
1 sentence

2001Id.

12001–2001

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223A, § 3 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

TX 247 (1986–2026) CA 50 (2002–2026) AL 36 (2002–2025) IL 23 (2005–2026) WA 9 (2010–2024) NH 8 (2002–2025) KS 7 (2006–2022) AZ 7 (1987–2018) NM 6 (1986–2025) NC 6 (2008–2023) MA 5 (2001–2015) FL 4 (1992–2018) WV 4 (2016–2020) CO 4 (2003–2018) IA 4 (2015–2021) LA 4 (1999–2020) TN 4 (2011–2019) OH 4 (2014–2025) NJ 4 (1997–2020) MO 3 (1987–2022) OR 3 (2013–2021) WY 3 (1998–2004) PA 2 (1980–2005) NY 2 (1998–2023) MI 2 (2021–2021) UT 2 (2014–2018) NV 2 (1994–2022) CT 2 (2001–2021) VT 2 (2008–2013)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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