183236P.pdf   01/07/2020  Justin Whaley  v.  Jimmy Esebag
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-3236
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Colloton and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - Jurisdiction. On appeal from dismissal for lack of personal 
   jurisdiction, to assess minimum contacts, we look to the nature and 
   quality of contacts with the forum state, the quality of contacts, the 
   relation of the cause of action to the contacts, the interest of forum 
   state, and the convenience of the parties. During negotiations between 
   Arkansas residents and Esebag, a California resident, meetings were 
   conducted in California and Arkansas; calls, emails and texts were sent to 
   Arkansas; products were shipped to Arkansas; and the prospect of doing 
   business in Arkansas, weighs in favor of finding the nature and quality of 
   contacts to be in Arkansas; the relationship between the allegations of 
   fraud (an intentional tort claim) and Esberg's contacts with Arkansas 
   weighs in favor of finding personal jurisdiction in Arkansas. Other 
   factors appear more neutral. District court's dismissal is reversed, as 
   Esebag's actions are sufficient to bind ULG and assert personal 
   jurisdiction without violating the traditional notions of fair play and 
   substantial justice.