Mechanical Contractors Ass'n of America, Inc. v. Mechanical Contractors Ass'n of Northern California, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions

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1. ““The California courts have made it clear that the term ‘doing business in this state’ is one that the courts have equated with such minimum contacts with the state that the maintenance of the suit does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice ... “. . . The Local argues that those contacts with California which are part of its regular business, as distinguished from those arising from the Local’s internal difficulties, constitute a doing of business by the National in California. The theory is that those activities are precisely the activities which the National was organized to do, and that they are therefore the doing of its business in this state, even though the business may be done largely by mail, (see: McGee v. International Life Ins. Co., 1957, 355 U.S. 220 , 78 S.Ct. 199 , 2 L.Ed.2d 223 ), or through the Local affiliate. [Fn. omitted.] Amici curiae represehtfng the National Association of Wholesalers and the American Society of Association Executives urge that such activities do not constitute the doing of business within the state, and that to hold that they do would subject every national non-profit association to suit in any state in which it has members or affiliates. We leave the decision of this question to the time when a case may arrive which makes it necessary to decide it. “Here, there were additional activities by the National, namely, its sponsorship of a rival association, [etc.]. .. These activities relate directly to the cau”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martinez v. Perlite Institute, Inc.

2. ““Similar to the holding of this court in Mechanical Contractors [supra, 342 F.2d 393 ] we here also ‘think that the totality of the facts shown by this record satisfies the three tests laid down by us in L. D. Reeder Contractors of Arizona v. Higgins Industries, Inc., 9 Cir., 1959, 265 F.2d 768 , and Kourkene v. American BBR, Inc., 9 Cir., 1963, 313 F.2d 769 .’ ” (Emphasis added.) 344 F.2d 860 , 866.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. L. C. O'neil Trucks Pty. Ltd. v. Pacific Car & Foundry Co.

3. “[t]here has been the doing of some act, or the consummation of some transaction, within the forum,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 26 Conn. Super. Ct. 201 - Horn Construction, Inc. v. Stran-Steel Corporation