Dennis T. Serras, Michael C. Gibbons, and Dieter J. Boehm v. First Tennessee Bank National Association

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• holding that if an evidentiary hearing is held, the plaintiff's burden rises to a preponderance of the evidence standard
• holding that the due process requirements of jurisdiction in Michigan had been met for a dispute involving property in Tennessee
• concluding that the district court was required to ignore the defendant’s contrary assertions when the plaintiff stated the facts with sufficient particularity in its pleadings and affidavits
• holding that a court may exercise its discretion to hold an evidentiary hearing
• concluding that intertwined facts mean that “[i]n many cases ... a district court may find sound reasons to rule ... that the plaintiff has made her prima facie showing ... and to reserve all factual determinations on the issue for trial”
• indicating that Michigan’s long-arm statute “extend[s] to the outermost boundaries permitted by the due process clause”

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