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title: "Minimum Contacts"
type: Legal Term
source: https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/minimum-contacts
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# Minimum Contacts

Minimum contacts is the constitutional standard for personal jurisdiction established in International Shoe v. Washington. Due process requires that a non-resident defendant have 'certain minimum contacts' with the forum state such that maintaining the lawsuit does not offend 'traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.' The contacts must result from the defendant's purposeful availment of the privilege of conducting activities in the forum. Random, fortuitous, or attenuated contacts are insufficient.

## Related Terms

- personal-jurisdiction
- long-arm-statute
- venue

## Related Cases

- international-shoe-v-washington
- world-wide-volkswagen-v-woodson
- burger-king-v-rudzewicz
- hanson-v-denckla
- bristol-myers-squibb-co-v-superior-court

## Example

An online retailer in Ohio ships products to customers in all 50 states. Its purposeful availment of the Texas market through regular sales creates minimum contacts with Texas.

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Source: [Minimum Contacts — CaseBriefly](https://casebriefly.com/legal-terms/minimum-contacts)