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prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,752 Melvin Williams v. Bowman Livestock Equipment Company

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 12, 1991No. 89-6356PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Melvin Williams brought this diversity product liability action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma against defendant Bowman Livestock Equipment Company (Bowman Livestock), a Nebraska corporation. This appeal is from an order of the district court that dismissed Williams’ complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over Bowman Livestock. The only issue on appeal is whether the district court could exercise personal jurisdiction over the nonresident corporate defendant. Resolution of that issue requires us to consider whether…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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