Legal Opinion
Lisa Dean v. Motel 6 Operating L.P. Motel 6 G.P., Inc. Accor North America Corporation and Accor S.A.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1998No. 96-6435PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Lisa Dean appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment, which was based on lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm for reasons, discussed below, that differ from those used by the district court. We therefore take this opportunity to set forth the processes and standards that the district court should have used to determine personal jurisdiction. This inquiry should have focused primarily on whether a controlling minority shareholder actually “purposefully availed” itself of activities in the forum state. Additionally, though it reached the proper…
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