Avdel Corporation v. Mecure

In Avdel Corporation v. Mecure, 58 N.J. 264, 277 A.2d 207 (1971), Mecure, a New York corporation, contacted Avdel, a New Jersey corporation, in order to procure specially designed rivets for use in Mecure's construction of lockers. Mecure also specifically requested that representatives from Avdel in New Jersey come to New York to demonstrate their rivets, and Mecure traveled to Avdel's Teterboro plant to return some of the unused rivets. In finding jurisdiction, our Supreme Court noted that the New York defendant ordered the rivets in New Jersey knowing that the order would have significant effects in New Jersey, defendant traveled to New Jersey to discuss the contract, and defendant traveled to New Jersey again to return unused material. In sum, the Court found "substantial business effects" in New Jersey, combined with defendant's "numerous contacts in relation to the contract." Id. at 272-73, 277 A.2d 207.