NJM, Inc. v. Nationwide Fund Raisers, Inc

In NJM, Inc. v. Nationwide Fund Raisers, Inc., 180 N.J. Super. 100, 433 A.2d 829 (Law Div.1981), the Law Division dismissed plaintiff's complaint based upon a lack of the required minimum contacts. In that case, the defendant, a Georgia corporation, was solicited to purchase a labeling machine by the plaintiff, a New Jersey corporation. The order for the machine was written in Illinois, and the bulk of the manufacture of the machine was done in New Hampshire. Additionally, the contract was accepted in Hoboken, and the payments were also forwarded there. The motion court rejected New Jersey's jurisdiction, finding that the minimum contacts were not established. The court found it significant that the defendant had merely "responded to the purposeful out-of-state solicitation efforts of plaintiff." Id. at 106, 433 A.2d 829.