GATES LEARJET CORP. v. JENSEN

No. 83-2643.

743 F.2d 1325 (1984)

GATES LEARJET CORPORATION and Gates Learjet Export Corporation, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. James B. JENSEN, Jr.; Ricardo S. Tomacruz; Learjet Philippines, Inc., a corporation; James B. Jensen & Co., Inc., a corporation, and Hamix International, Ltd., a corporation, Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Tinney, Michael J. Rusing, Bilby, Shoenhair, Warnock & Dolph, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants.

D. Michael Mandig, John F. Molloy, Molloy, Jones, Donahue, Trachta, Childers & Mallamo, P.C., Tucson, Ariz., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHOY, PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

The issues on this appeal are (1) whether the district court properly dismissed counts two and three of appellant's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, and (2) whether the district court's dismissal of counts one and four for forum non conveniens was an abuse of discretion. On both issues, we reverse and remand to the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

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