ASAHI METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24657.

39 Cal.3d 35 (1985)

702 P.2d 543

216 Cal. Rptr. 385

ASAHI METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SOLANO COUNTY, Respondent; CHENG SHIN RUBBER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David W. Condeff, Richard D. Hoffman and Lillick, McHose & Charles for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Ronald R. Haven and Shepard & Haven for Real Party in Interest.

Michael J. Breining, Robert E. Cartwright, Leonard Sacks, Wylie A. Aiken, Glen T. Bashore, Ray Bourhis, Richard D. Bridgman, Edwin Train Caldwell, David S. Casey, Jr., Douglas K. de Vries, H. Greig Fowler, Sanford M. Gage, Ian Herzog, G. Dana Hobart, Stanley K. Jacobs, Harvey R. Levine, John C. McCarthy, Timothy W. Peach, Joseph Posner, John M. Van Dyke, Arne Werchick, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Fischer & Hill, Dennis A. Fischer and Melissa Hill as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Can California constitutionally exercise personal jurisdiction over a manufacturer of component parts who made no direct sales in California but had knowledge that a substantial number of its parts would be incorporated into finished products sold in the state?

I.

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