BOSCHETTO v. HANSING

No. 06-16595.

539 F.3d 1011 (2008)

Paul BOSCHETTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffrey D. HANSING; Frank-Boucher Chrysler Dodge-Jeep; Gordie Boucher Ford; Boucher Automotive Group, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Simoncini, Esq., Simoncini & Associates, San Jose, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Paul Boschetto.

Robert G. Krohn, Esq., Roethe Krohn Pope LLP, Edgerton, WA, for defendant-appellee Jeffrey D. Hansing.

Timothy C. Davis, James Smith and Cameron Fortner, The Davis Law Firm, APC, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees Frank-Boucher Chrysler Dodge-Jeep, Gordie Boucher Ford and Boucher Automotive Group.

Opinion by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER; Concurrence by Judge RYMER.


BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a question that remains surprisingly unanswered by the circuit courts: Does the sale of an item via the eBay Internet auction site provide sufficient "minimum contacts" to support personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in the buyer's forum state? Plaintiff-Appellant Paul Boschetto ("Boschetto") was the winning bidder for a 1964 Ford Galaxie sold on eBay by the Defendant-Appellee, Jeffrey Hansing (...

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