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· 5/1/1980

Gene M. Oswalt Et Vir v. Scripto, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Tokai-Seiki Kk, a Japanese Corporation, Defendant-Third Party

Citations

  • 616 F.2d 191
  • 29 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1135
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 17994

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  • finding that manufacturer should have reasonably anticipated being haled into court in Texas since its distributor sold to the nationwide market
  • finding personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer who delivered its products to a distributor with the understanding its product would be sold in a nationwide market
  • finding personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturer who delivered its products to a distributor with the understanding its product would be sold in a nationwide mar ket
  • finding jurisdiction where defendant “attempted in [no] way to limit the states in which the [products] could be sold” but instead “had every reason to believe its product would be sold to a nation-wide market, that is, in any or all states”
  • finding jurisdiction where defendant had “attempted in [no] way to limit the states in which the [products] could be sold” but instead “had every reason to believe its product would be sold to a nation-wide market, that is, in any or all states”
  • distributor could have limited the states in which its products would be sold

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Judges: Goldberg, Fay, Anderson

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