Legal Opinion
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. v. Patch Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1988No. 87-2045PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, a Missouri corporation, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its suit against Patch Rubber Company, a North Carolina corporation, for lack of personal jurisdiction. Watlow argues that Patch, in the process of buying silicone rubber heaters from Watlow, performed acts sufficient to warrant service of process on it under the Missouri long-arm statute, Mo.Rev. Stat. § 506.500 (1986), and exercise of personal jurisdiction over it by the district court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The district court ruled on…
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