Calvin,a resident of South Park,Colorado,creates a website called "But Seriously" which acts as an electronic billboard for posting funny stories.Ted,a resident of Northridge,California,posts a story on the website.Stu,another California resident from San Diego,files a lawsuit against Calvin in a federal district court in California,claiming that Calvin had defamed him on his website.Based on these facts,does Calvin have sufficient "minimum contacts" to give the California federal district court in personam jurisdiction over him?

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When the parties have a contractual relationship,"minimum contacts" may be shown by the parties' negotiations preceding their agreement,the course of dealing between the parties,the terms of the agreement,and foreseeable future consequences arising out of the agreement.Federal circuit courts have rejected that merely posting defamatory or invasive material to the World Wide Web is enough to create "minimum contacts" for in personam jurisdiction.

Calvin,a Resident of South Park,Colorado,creates a Website Called "But Seriously