Legal Opinion
Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co., Ltd. And Dns Electronics, LLC v. Cfmt, Inc. And Cfm Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 29, 1998No. 97-1569PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and DNS Electronics, LLC (collectively “Dainippon”) appeal from the final decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing its declaratory judgment action against CFM Technologies, Inc. (CFM) and CFMT, Inc. (CFMT) (collectively “defendants”) for lack of personal jurisdiction over CFMT, a necessary and indispensable party. See Dainippon Screen Mfg., Ltd. v. CFMT, Inc., No. C-97-20270-JW (N.D.Cal. Aug. 6, 1997). Because the court erred in concluding that it lacked personal jurisdiction…
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