United States Eighth Circuit

The district court erred in dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction where plaintiffs may be able to establish a case of general personal jurisdiction (either through an examination of defendant's loan business or its Internet contact with Missouri) if they are permitted to take jurisdictional discovery on remand.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/04/2003
• Published 11/04/2003

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before BOWMAN, RILEY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas J. Schmidt, argued, Kansas City, MO (Michael Clithero and J. Dale Youngs, on the brief), for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald F. Luke, argued, New York, NY (John K. Carroll, Hilary Lane and C. Neil Gray, New York, NY;  Stephen B. Higgins and Suzanne Montgomery, St. Louis, MO and Richard S. Brownlee III and Michael A. Dallmeyer, Jefferson City, MO, on the brief), for appellees.