Spectrum Pool Products, Inc. v. MW Golden, Inc.

¶1 Spectrum Pool Products, Inc., appeals from an order of the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, dismissing this action on grounds that the court did not have personal jurisdiction over defendant MW Golden, Inc. We reverse.

¶2 The issue is whether under the facts of this case a Montana court may exercise personal jurisdiction over MW Golden, Inc., a Colorado corporation.

¶3 Spectrum Pool Products, Inc., (Spectrum) is a Montana corporation which manufactures and distributes aquatic and pool products. In August of 1996, MW Golden, Inc., (MW Golden) contacted Spectrum at its Missoula,…