Legal Opinion

Davenport MacHine & Foundry Co. v. Adolph Coors Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 20, 1982No. 65167PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves a question of the jurisdiction of Iowa courts over a foreign corporation. No claim is made that the corporation qualified to transact business in this state under sections 496A.109, 496A.110, and 496A.112, The Code 1979.

Plaintiff Davenport Machine & Foundry Company (Foundry) is an Iowa corporation which manufactures grain dryer parts in Davenport, Iowa. Defendant Adolph Coors Company (Coors) is a foreign corporation which, inter alia, brews beer in Golden, Colorado, and merchandises the beer in various parts of the country including Iowa.

Coors desired…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  3. Holiday Inns Franchising, Inc. v. BranstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
  4. EFCO Corp. v. Norman Highway Constructors, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  5. Eads v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance SocietyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989

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