AEROFLEX WICHITA, INC. v. Filardo

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

After allowing discovery on the issue of whether Kansas courts could exercise personal jurisdiction over some of the defendants in this case, the district court granted defendant Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.’s (TIC) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. On interlocutory appeal from that decision, the parties dispute the correct standard for judging a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed under K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 60-212(b)(2) when that motion is decided after discovery and after submission of supporting…