Hall

Here the long arm of the Internet reaches from California to New York. We hold that the use of electronic mail and the telephone by a party in another state may establish sufficient minimum contacts with California to support personal jurisdiction. We reverse a judgment of dismissal arising from the trial court’s grant of defendant’s motion to quash service.

Facts

Appellant, Blake Hall alleged in his complaint that in September of 1994 he entered into a contract with Brad LaRonde doing business as LaRonde Technical Consulting. The contract authorized LaRonde to sell licenses for the use of a computer software application to the general public. LaRonde agreed to compensate Hall by paying him $1 for every license sold. Hall received payments for sales through September of 1995 in the amount of $2,633.60. Although LaRonde continued to market the application, Hall has received no further payments.

The complaint further alleged that Hall is a resident and maintains his principal place of business in Manhattan Beach, California. LaRonde, however, maintains his principal place of business in Skaneateles, New York.

LaRonde made a motion to quash service of the summons on the…