Zippo Dot Com, Inc Case Summary

The Appropriate court for this lawsuit will depend on several factors. The three important considerations include: 1) Personal jurisdiction is the courts power to render a decision affecting rights of a person. 2) Subject matter jurisdiction will determine which court system, state or federal courts, will hear this case. 3) What minimal contact are or are not established. In this case, the subject matter was presented to the State of New York court system. Providing long arm statutes with established minimal contacts. Which the “federal district court established a “sliding-scale” standard in the 1997 case Zippo Mfg. Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc. for determining whether a business that has Internet contact with a plaintiff in a different state satisfies the minimum-contacts standard. This sliding scale is consistent with …show more content…
Jeb and Josh will need to figure out which business entities would work best for their business agreement. Whereas, Jeb is financially funding the business, yet does not want to participate within the day-today operations, leaving Josh to lead the business with the day-to-day operations. A sole partnership advantages include, creation is easy, proprietor is in total control of management, proprietor keeps all profits. Disadvantages include Proprietor is personally liable for all losses, funding is limited to personal funds and loans (Dynamic Business Law, 2016). I do not feel a sole partnership would be possible in this case as there is more than one proprietor in this business.
Jeb and Josh have established a partnership in opening Arcadia Sports. The advantages to the partnership include easy creation, personal income from business profits, and business losses can be deducted from the taxes. The disadvantages to the partnership is the partners are reliable for all business depts (Dynamic Business Law,