VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT v. BEECH AIRCFT. CORP.

No. 87, Docket 84-7395.

751 F.2d 117 (1984)

VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft and Deutscher Luftpool, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION and The Beechcraft Organization and John Doe Defendants "I" through "III," Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Rubin, New York City (Ian Ceresney, David B. Hamm, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph J. Asselta, New York City (Bruce R. Wildermuth, Mendes & Mount, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft ("VW") et al. appeal from Judge Costantino's granting of Beech Aircraft Corporation's ("Beech") motion to dismiss for lack of in personam jurisdiction in this diversity case.1 The district court determined that Beech was not "doing business" in New York and thus not subject to in personam jurisdiction. Because we find that Beech was doing business in New York...

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