In this case, the Sixth Circuit held that keystrokes at a computer terminal can generate contacts with a party in another state substantial enough to justify the exercise of personal jurisdiction in that state.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the court did not have personal jurisdiction over the nonresident defendant, whose only contact with New York was its web site, which was presumably located in Missouri.
Maritz, a Missouri plaintiff, had sued Cybergold under the Lanham Act. Although defendant's only contact with the state of Missouri was through its web site (which was presumably maintained in Berkeley, California), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ruled that it had personal jurisdiction over Cybergold.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed a copyright infringement action for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant, whose principal contact with California was the accessibility of its web site to California residents.
In this case, the Minnesota Attorney General has brought a civil action against the owners of a Nevada web site advertising an online gambling service. Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and the attorney general has filed a memorandum of law in opposition.
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