Al-Jon, Inc. v. Garden Street Iron & Metal, Inc.

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether the nonresident defendant corporation had sufficient contacts with Iowa to permit our courts to acquire personal jurisdiction over it. The trial court sustained defendant’s special appearance after finding defendant did not have “the necessary minimum contact with the State of Iowa” to subject it to jurisdiction under Iowa R.Civ.P. 56.2 and the governing due process stricture. We affirm.

Jurisdiction under rule 56.2 is coextensive with what is permitted by the due process clause of U.S.Const. amend. XIV. Larsen v. Scholl, 296 N.W.2d 785, 788…