Seal Polymer Industries sold two freight containers of latex gloves to Med-Express, Inc., a com- pany based in North Carolina. When Med-Express failed to pay the $104,000 owed for the gloves, Seal Polymer sued in an Illinois court and obtained a judgment against Med-Express. Med-Express argued that it did not have minimum contacts with Illinois and therefore the Illinois judgment based on per- sonal jurisdiction was invalid. Med-Express stated that it was incorporated under North Carolina law, had its principal place of business in North Carolina, and therefore had no minimum contacts with Illinois. Required:
Was this statement alone sufficient to prevent the Illinois judgment from being collected against Med-Express in North Carolina?