North Sails Group, LLC v. Boards & More Gmbh

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of the breach of contract action because Connecticut could not constitutionally exercise specific personal jurisdiction over the foreign defendants. Applying a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis, the court concluded that the contractual relationship, communications, single visit, and limited oversight provisions did not show that the principal defendant purposefully established sufficient contacts with Connecticut. The court did not reach the state long-arm statute or the reasonableness component of specific jurisdiction.