Legal Opinion

Pangaea, Inc. v. Flying Burrito LLC

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 1, 2011No. 09-3672PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NELSON, District Judge.

The issue in this diversity action is whether a federal court in Arkansas has personal jurisdiction over an Iowa citizen and an Iowa limited liability company where the contact with Arkansas was a single meeting by the parties in Arkansas. Appellant Pangaea, Inc. (Plaintiff), the owner of the federal trademark “The Flying Burrito Company,” appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of its trademark infringement action for lack of personal jurisdiction. 2 Plaintiff argues that the district court had jurisdiction over The Flying Burrito L.L.C. (“Flying Burrito”) and Robert…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. NicastroSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by61 opinions

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  3. Larson Manufacturing Co. of South Dakota, Inc. v. Connecticut Greenstar, Inc.District Court, D. South Dakota · 2013
  4. Relco Locomotives, Inc. v. Allrail, Inc.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 2014
  5. Velez v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 2012

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