Vermont Yogurt Co. v. Blanke Baer Fruit & Flavor Co.

Both the plaintiff and the defendant are nonresident corporations. The defendant does a small amount of business in this state. The plaintiff’s cause of action did not arise in Wisconsin, and did not arise out of any contact the defendant had with this state. The broad issue is whether the courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over the defendant under the “doing business” subsection of Wisconsin’s long-arm statute, sec. 801.05(1) (d), Stats. The precise issue is whether the trial court correctly held that more substantial contacts by the defendant with this state were required to…