Dever v. Hentzen Coatings

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Sherwin Williams had sufficient contacts with the forum state to establish general jurisdiction because the company “conducts continuous business in Arkansas; it employs workers, owns and leases property, and has designated an agent for service of process in the state”
• reasoning that when- a defendant challenges the exercise of personal jurisdiction, the plaintiff must rebut the defendant’s assertions with testimony, affidavits, -or other documents
• providing that when personal jurisdiction is challenged, the plaintiff must make a prima facie showing of jurisdiction via affidavits and exhibits
• explaining that conclusory allegations are insufficient to support the exercise of jurisdiction
• conducting business, employing workers, owning and leasing property, and designating an agent for service of process sufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction
• noting absence of these factors in finding a lack of general jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).