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10-2460 Viasystems Inc. v. EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co., appealed from Eastern District of Missouri, Gruender, J.

Civil Procedure – Jurisdiction; Minimum Contacts

Where a German company’s only contacts with Missouri were emails, a few phone calls and a payment that was sent to the Missouri-based corporate plaintiff, the contacts were incidental contacts and Missouri’s long-arm statute did not confer personal jurisdiction.  Judgment affirmed.

10-2460 Viasystems Inc. v. EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co., appealed from Eastern District of Missouri, Gruender, J.


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