Davis Kidd Booksellers, Inc. v. Day-Impex, Ltd.

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This interlocutory appeal arises from the First Circuit Court for Davidson County’s assertion of jurisdiction over two non-resident defendants. The trial court, apparently relying on Asahi Metal Indus. Co. v. Superior Court, 480 U.S. 102, 107 S.Ct. 1026, 94 L.Ed.2d 92 (1987), determined that both defendants have sufficient contacts with Tennessee because one of them had entered into an agreement to market the other’s products in the United States. We concur that an interlocutory appeal is warranted in this case, and we also find that further briefing and argument is…