LAKESIDE BRIDGE & STEEL v. MOUNTAIN STATE CONST.

No. 78-1614.

597 F.2d 596 (1979)

LAKESIDE BRIDGE & STEEL CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOUNTAIN STATE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1979.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Yeager, Charleston, W. Va., for defendant-appellant.

Peter C. Karegeannes, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and TONE, Circuit Judges, and LEIGHTON, District Judge.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

The issue we find decisive in this contract case is whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows Wisconsin to assert personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation that has conducted no activities in Wisconsin. We hold that Wisconsin lacks jurisdiction and reverse the judgment entered in favor of plaintiff by the district court.

Plaintiff, Lakeside Bridge & Steel Company, is a Wisconsin corporation with its...

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