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Perspective

Jul. 8, 2011

Jurisdiction Over Foreign Manufacturers Remains Uncertain

U.S. Supreme Court disappoints by not issuing any bright-line rules for application of specific jurisdiction over foreign manufacturers. By Jules Zeman and William Martin of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP


Those who were anticipating any bright-line rules for the application of specific jurisdiction over foreign manufacturers from the Supreme Court's opinion in McIntyre may have been disappointed last week. J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro, 2011 DJDAR 9444 (June 27, 2011).


The Supreme Court overturned the New Jersey Supreme Court's overbroad application of specific jurisdiction over a U.K. manufacturer that had virtually no contacts with New Jersey. H...

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