Long-Arm Jurisdiction Research Assignment Paper

Long-arm jurisdiction
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Introduction
Every legal body or court operates within certain parameters known as jurisdiction. This is the legal limits within which the court should entertain matters. Jurisdiction therefore are boundaries beyond which a court is not permitted to overlook unless with justifiable exceptions. One of the justifiable expectations is what is known as long-arm jurisdiction (Jennings, 2012). This is when the court goes beyond its jurisdiction and crosses over to a foreign or international jurisdiction. This happens on the basis of either statutory or inherent jurisdiction of the court. As aforementioned, long-arm jurisdiction is just an expectation of the requirement for courts to stick to their jurisdiction (Miller & Vandome, 2010). This paper has explored in greater depths the circumstances in which the long-arm jurisdiction is permissible. In order to put this issue into proper context, two case laws have been examined.
International Shoe Company vs Washington
The facts of the case are that Washington State had sued International Shoe Company for unpaid taxes meant to cater for the unemployed people in the state of Washington. The company was based in Delaware but had salesmen in Washington. The salesmen had rented shops in the state of Washington where they generated income for the company. The salesmen were entitled to commissions from the sales made (Jordan, 2011). However, the defendant (International Shoe Company) argued that they did not conduct any business in Washington State and therefore could not be compelled to contribute taxes. Further, they argued that they did not have agents on the state of Washington and their sales person could not be considered as agents as they were not permanently based there. The court...