Holding
The Supreme Court concluded that the defendants purposefully availed themselves of the protections of the forum state (Florida) and were, therefore, subject to jurisdiction there. The Court reasoned that the defendants had a "substantial and continuing" relationship with Burger King in Florida and that due process would not be violated because the defendants should have reasonably anticipated being summoned into court in Florida for breach of contract.
Justice Brennan's general "Reasonableness" or "Fairness" test was evolved into Justice O'Connor's five factor Reasonableness test announced two years later in Asahi v. Superior Court, 480 U.S. 102 (1987).
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