STAR VIDEO v. VIDEO USA


253 N.J. Super. 216 (1992)

601 A.2d 724

STAR VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT, L.P., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 1 L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 1(B) L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 2(A) L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 2(B) L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 2(C) L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 2(D) L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES 4, L.P.; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES, INC., NO. 1; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES, INC., NO. 2; VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES, INC., NO. 2(D); VIDEO USA ASSOCIATES, INC., NO. 4; MARVIN GREENFIELD; NORMAN NICK; JOHN DOES, I THROUGH X, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND VIDEO USA, LTD.; STEVEN CANTOR; AND BRUCE GREENBERG, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin W. Aron argued the cause for appellants (Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, attorneys; Donald P. Jacobs, of counsel; Martin W. Aron, on the brief).

Allan H. Klinger argued the cause for respondents (Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, attorneys; Allan H. Klinger, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges BRODY, MUIR, Jr. and LANDAU.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LANDAU, J.A.D.

This appeal calls for us again to address fact-sensitive circumstances in order to determine whether due process permits New Jersey to subject out-of-state defendants to the jurisdiction of its courts.

Over a period of approximately two years, plaintiff Star Video ("Star"), a distributor of prerecorded videocassettes with headquarters in Jersey City, sold tapes to defendant Video USA, Ltd., a Delaware...

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