Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Reimer Express World Corp.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, and its trustee Howard McDougall (collectively, the “Fund”) appeal the dismissal of their suit and the denial of their motion to conduct discovery against Reimer Express Enterprises, Limited (“REE”), and Reimer Express World Corporation (“REWCOR”). The Fund challenges the district court’s determinations that personal jurisdiction over the defendants, two Canadian companies, was lacking and that discovery on this issue was unnecessary. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

I. Background

REE is a Canadian holding…