United States Ninth Circuit

Personal jurisdiction existed over citizens and residents of European countries, in a California company's claim for fraudulent inducement into a lease, where evidence showed "direct aiming" at California, and sufficient harm was suffered there.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/04/2002
• Decided 09/10/2002
• Published 09/10/2002

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge, Before: WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and FOGEL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert H. Klonoff,Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Simon J. Frankel, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, California, for the appellees.