Whittaker Corporation v. United Aircraft Corporation

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• noting that jurisdictional discovery is appropriate where, inter alia, a party is \somewhat unfamiliar with his adversary\
• defendant purposefully availed itself of the forum by “actively supervis[ing] or actually participat[ing] in” activities in that state
• two defendants dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction as merely passive purchasers although their representatives had made one and three visits to the forum state, respectively, for unspecified reasons in connection with their contracts
• Court affirmed dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction when defendant’s only contact with the forum state was as a passive purchaser exercising no supervision of manufacture within the forum
• personal jurisdiction existed with respect to one defendant, but not others
• distinguishing between active purchasers and passive purchasers

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