Roderick Cardwell owns Trafficworld, which sells traffic lights (a sale of goods, according to the court) throughout the United States. Trafficworld's Massachusetts office sold traffic lights to Mary Lou Lupovitch, a Connecticut resident, for $1250. There was no agreement as to risk of loss. Trafficworld gave the traffic lights to a carrier in Massachusetts who delivered the light to Lupovitch in Connecticut. The state of Connecticut brought an action against Cardwell in a Connecticut state court, charging in part a violation of a state statute that prohibited the sale of traffic lights to private owners. Cardwell contended in part that the statute did not apply because the sale to Lupovitch involved a shipment contract that was formed outside the state. Is Cardwell correct? How will the court rule? Why?

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