Legal Opinion
Silent Drive, Inc. v. Strong Industries, Inc. And Brooks Strong
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 16, 2003No. 02-1329PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Silent Drive, Inc. (“plaintiff’ or “Silent Drive”) appeals the dismissal by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa of the plaintiffs complaint against Strong Industries, Inc. and Brooks Strong (collectively “defendants”) for lack of personal jurisdiction. Silent Drive, Inc. v. Strong Indus., Inc., No. C01-4015, 2002 WL 1712329 (N.D.Iowa Mar. 4, 2002). We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
The central question here is whether the Iowa federal district court had personal jurisdiction. Silent Drive and Strong Industries are competitors in the manufacture…
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