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An Illinois corporation with no offices in Missouri enters a single contract by mail with a Missouri resident, to be performed in Missouri, and then breaches it. The Missouri resident sues in Missouri. The corporation moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Which analysis is correct?

Jurisdiction fails because a single out-of-state act can never satisfy due process General jurisdiction applies because the corporation contracted with a Missouri resident Jurisdiction exists only if the corporation is registered to do business in Missouri Missouri's long-arm statute reaches the making of a contract within the state, and a single purposeful contract giving rise to the claim can satisfy minimum contacts

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Missouri's long-arm statute reaches the making of a contract within the state, and a single purposeful contract giving rise to the claim can satisfy minimum contacts

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