STATE v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

Nos. 70298-0-I, 70299-8-I.

341 P.3d 346 (2015)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. a/k/a Royal Philips Electronics N.V.; Philips Electronics Industries (Taiwan), Ltd.; Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. f/k/a Samsung Display Device Co., Ltd.; Samsung SDI America, Inc.; Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. de C.V.; Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda.; Shenzhen Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.; Samsung SDI (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.; Panasonic Corporation f/k/a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), Inc.; Hitachi Asia, Ltd., Appellants, LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.; Philips Electronics North America Corporation; Toshiba Corporation; Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.; MT Picture Display Co., Ltd.; Panasonic Corporation of North America; Hitachi, Ltd.; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.; CPTF Optronics Co., Ltd.; Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Michael Kerwin , Washington State Attorney General's Office, Brady R. Johnson , Law Office of Brady R. Johnson, Robert Douglas Stewart , Kipling Law Group, PLLC, Molly A. Terwilliger , Summit Law Group, David C. Lundsgaard , Graham & Dunn, PC, Mathew Lane Harrington , Bradford J. Axel , Stokes Lawrence, PS, Seattle, WA, Dana E. Foster , Lucius B. Lau , Attorneys at Law, Washington, DC, Andrew Wiener , Eliot A. Adelson , James Maxwell Cooper , Kirland & Ellis, Hojoon Hwang , Laura Sullivan , Munger Tolles & Olson, San Francisco, CA, for Appellants.

Molly A. Terwilliger , Summit Law Group, Aric Hamilton Jarrett , Attorney at Law, Larry Steven Gangnes , John R. Neeleman , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Andrew Wiener , Eliot A. Adelson , James Maxwell Cooper , Kirland & Ellis, San Francisco, CA, Timothy W. Snider , Attorney at Law, Portland, OR, David L. Yohai , Adam C. Hemlock , David Yolkut , Weil Gotshal & Manges, Jeffrey L. Kessler , Eva W. Cole , Molly M. Donovan , Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, for Respondents.


¶ 1 In resolving this appeal, which requires us to consider the due process limitations on the exercise of personal jurisdiction over certain foreign corporations, we hold that because a product manufactured by these foreign corporations was sold — as an integrated component part of...

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