Legal Opinion
Meyers v. Kallestead
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 16, 1991No. 90-1310PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
The issue in this dram shop tort action is whether the nonresident tavern owner has sufficient minimum contacts with Iowa to confer personal jurisdiction. The nonresident owner challenged the court’s jurisdiction by filing a motion to dismiss. Iowa R.Civ.P. 104(a). The district court found the owner lacked minimum contacts with Iowa as required by Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 56.2 and granted the owner’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.
I. Scope of Review. When reviewing a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction over a defendant, our well established standard of…
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