United States Seventh Circuit

In an action seeking to collect withdrawal liability payments under ERISA, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not meet its burden to prove that its cause of action was one arising out of defendant's minimum contacts with the U.S.; and 2) the court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's request for further discovery and finding that further information was unlikely to yield evidence of any contacts arising out of the withdrawal from the employee retirement fund.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/02/2009
• Decided 05/11/2009
• Published 05/11/2009

Judges

• KAPALA, District Judge., Before BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and KAPALA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David S. Allen (argued), Stellato & Schwartz, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael M. Conway (argued), Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.