Legal Opinion
Viasystems, Inc. v. EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co., KG
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2011No. 10-2460PublishedCited by 253 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Viasystems, Inc., a Missouri-based corporation, filed suit against EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co., KG (“St. Georgen”), a German corporation, alleging several claims in contract and tort. The district court 1 concluded that it had neither specific nor general personal jurisdiction over St. Georgen and granted its motion to dismiss. Viasystems appeals, and, for the following reasons, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Viasystems, a Delaware corporation based principally in Saint Louis, Missouri, is a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. In 2007, Viasystems contracted to…
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