Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

The correct answer is that the court should deny the motion if the defendant has purposefully directed activities toward residents of State A through their e-commerce website and if the cause of action arises from those activities. This aligns with the 'minimum contacts' test established by the Supreme Court in International Shoe Co. v. Washington, which requires that a defendant have certain minimum contacts with the forum state such that maintaining the lawsuit does not offend 'traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.' The percentage of sales to State A helps establish purposeful availment.

The incorrect answers rely on misapplications of personal jurisdiction principles. For example, merely making the website accessible in the forum state is insufficient without targeting residents there, and physical presence is not required to establish jurisdiction under modern case law. Similarly, general jurisdiction is not established if the connections with State A are not so systematic and continuous as to render the defendant essentially at home there.