Anderson v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions

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1. “The third factor which must be considered is whether the activities or consequences had a substantial connection with the forum state. In Dwyer v. District Court, Sixth Judicial District, 188 Colo. 41 , 532 P.2d 725 (1975), which concerned a contract involving real property, the court stated that of utmost importance was the fact that “the subject matter of the contract, the real estate, was located in Colorado thereby making Colorado the state with the greatest interest in the transaction.” Id. [532 P.2d] at 727. In the present situation the contract concerns real property located in Wyoming and the covenants are recorded in Wyoming. We hold that this satisfies the “substantial connection” requirement of the test.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amoco Production Co. v. EM Nominee Partnership Co. · Black Diamond Energy Partners 2001-A Ltd. v. S & T Bank

2. “We set forth the applicable standard for deciding when in personam jurisdiction exists in Markby v. St. Anthony Hospital Systems, Wyo., 647 P.2d 1068 (1982). Since we thoroughly discussed the development of the United States Supreme Court cases and the background of our own law, it is only necessary now to discuss the requirements which we have established. Along with the considerations listed in Ford Motor Company v. Arguello, Wyo., 382 P.2d 886 (1963), we determined that the present outer limits of personal jurisdiction, based on a single act, would be determined by three factors:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eddy v. Oukrop

3. “First, the defendant must purposefully avail himself of the privilege of acting in the forum state or of causing important consequences in that state. Second, the cause of action must arise from the consequences in the forum state of the defendant's activities. Finally, the activities of the defendant or the consequences of those activities must have a substantial enough connection with the forum state to make the exercise of jurisdiction over the defendant reasonable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Black Diamond Energy Partners 2001-A Ltd. v. S & T Bank