Satcorp International Group and Sino American Trading Corp. v. China National Silk Import & Export Corporation, and Hugh H. Mo, Esq.

This case derives from an attempt by plaintiffs Satcorp International Group and Sino American Trading Corp. to collect on a default judgment obtained in a 1993 breach of contract action against China Silk Materials Import Corporation (“China Materials”). The plaintiffs brought this action in 1994 against defendant China National Silk Import & Export Corporation (“China National”), the parent corporation of China Materials.

The plaintiffs sought to establish the district court’s personal jurisdiction over China National, a corporation organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China,…