Outokumpu Engineering Enterprises, Inc. v. Kvaerner EnviroPower, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “the injustice must be beyond what is alleged in the breach of contract.”
• finding facts insufficient to support alter ego or agency theory as a basis for personal jurisdiction over parent company
• refusing to pierce the veil between sister entities for personal jurisdiction without first piercing the veils to the common parent
• explaining that forum selection clauses are entitled to “substantial weight”
• “The ‘injustice’ must be more than the breach of contract alleged in the complaint”
• corporate veil may be pierced in the interest of justice, when such matters as fraud, contravention of law or contract, public wrong, or where equitable considerations are involved

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).