United States Eighth Circuit

In a diversity action arising from injuries sustained on a Falcon jet, the jet's French manufacturer had sufficient contacts with Arkansas to create a basis for jurisdiction. Most of its jets fly into Arkansas to be completed to customer's specifications at defendant's wholly owned subsidiary, which is also the exclusive distributor of its business jets in the western hemisphere.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2004
• Published 03/04/2004

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Melton, argued, Grand Rapids, MI (Ted Boswell and John Andrew Ellis, Bryant, AR, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John G. Pfeiffer, argued, Chicago, IL (David J. Adams and Kathryn Wyatt Zimmerman, Chicago, IL, and M. Stephen Bingham of Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for Appellee.