Ochoa

Plaintiffs-Appellants are 15 migrant farm workers who reside in Arizona who sued Defendant Appellee J.B. Martin and Sons Farms, Inc. (“Martin Farms”), for claims arising under the Agricultural Worker Protection Act (“AWPA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872 (1999), and Arizona state law. The district court dismissed the action for lack of personal jurisdiction over Martin Farms. Appellants timely appealed, contending that Martin Farms had sufficient contacts with Arizona to assert personal jurisdiction in Arizona. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Martin Farms is a grower located in upstate New York. Ramey Farms, Inc. (“Ramey”) is a Texas-based labor contractor. In early 1997, representatives from Ramey traveled to New York to meet with Dave Martin. During that meeting, Martin requested Ramey’s help in recruiting migrant labor for the Fall 1997 cabbage and squash harvests.

Before the Fall 1997 harvest began, Martin Farms requested recruiting help from Ramey for summer weeding. For this job, Ramey hired a crew of workers from El Paso, Texas. Martin Farms was dissatisfied with the quality of this crew’s work, however, and instructed Ramey…