HARDRIVES, INC. v. CITY OF LaCROSSE, WIS.

No. 45527.

240 N.W.2d 814 (1976)

HARDRIVES, INC. and A. J. Ostreng, Inc., a Joint Venture, and Hardrives, Inc., Individually, Appellants, v. CITY OF LaCROSSE, WISCONSIN, Respondent, Perry-Carrington Engineering Corp., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Briggs & Morgan and B. C. Hart and John L. Devney, St. Paul, for appellants.

Bronson C. LaFollette, Atty. Gen. of Wis., Maslon, Kaplan, Edelman, Borman, Brand & McNulty, Irving R. Brand and Martin G. Weinstein, Minneapolis, Charles A. Bleck and Michael E. Perino, Madison, Wis., for City of LaCrosse, Wis.

McMahon, Darby, Evavold & Price and Richard H. Darby, Winona, for Perry-Carrington Eng. Corp.

Heard before PETERSON, KELLY, and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from a pretrial judgment dismissing their action for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendants. Jurisdiction had been asserted and service of process made pursuant to the "transacts any business" provision of our long-arm statute, Minn.St. 543.19, subd. 1(b).1

Plaintiffs include a joint venture composed of Hardrives, Inc., a Minnesota corporation engaged in asphalt paving, and A. J. Ostreng...

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