The following excerpt is from Royal & Sun Alliance Ins. PLC v. Castor Transp., LLC, Case No. 13-cv-01811-BAS(DHB) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
at 3.) While informal contacts have sufficed to constitute an appearance, this is true only when the party demonstrates a clear purpose to defend the suit. See Wilson v. Moore & Assocs., Inc., 564 F.2d 366, 368-69 (9th Cir. 1977).
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