FISCHBARG v. DOUCET


9 N.Y.3d 375 (2007)

880 N.E.2d 22

849 N.Y.S.2d 501

GABRIEL FISCHBARG, Respondent, v. SUZANNE DOUCET, Also Known as SUZANNE BELL-DOUCET, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Kramer, New York City, for appellants.

Gabriel Fischbarg, New York City, respondent pro se.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, PIGOTT and JONES concur; Judge SMITH taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether Supreme Court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over defendants, an individual and corporation, both residents of California, who retained a New York attorney to represent the corporation in an action brought in an Oregon federal court. Because we conclude that defendants' retention and subsequent communications with...

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