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Pavlovich v. Superior Court

Supreme Court of California

58 P.3d 2 (2002)

Civil Procedure
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Texas resident Pavlovich (defendant), who did not conduct business in or reside in California, posted DVD-encryption-circumvention instructions on a passive website; California-based DVD CCA sued him in California for harming its encryption technology, and the court of appeals found personal jurisdiction proper based on the website posting alone, prompting Pavlovich's appeal.

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Whether a posting on a website is a sufficient basis for a state court to exercise personal jurisdiction over the poster.

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