Stan Garner resides in Illinois and promotes boxing matches for super sports Inc. in Illinois corporation Garner created the promotional concept of the ages of fight a series of three boxing matches pitting an older fighter George Foreman against the younger fighter such as John Ruiz the concept included titles for each of the three fights Garner contacted George Foreman and his manager who both reside in Texas to sell the idea and they arranged a meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Nevada at some point in negotiations foreman’s manager signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting him from disclosing garners promotional concepts unless they signed a contract nevertheless, after negotiations between Garner and foreman fell through foreman, used Garner battle of the ages concept to promote a subsequent fight Garner filed a lawsuit against foreman and his manager in a federal district court in Illinois alleging breach of contract, using the information presented in the chapter answer the following questions on what basis might the federal district court in Illinois exercise jurisdiction in this case, explain in detail.

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