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ROQUETTE AMERICA, INC. v. GERBER

No. 00-1076.

651 N.W.2d 896 (2002)

ROQUETTE AMERICA, INC., a Delaware Corporation, and Roquete Freres, a French Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Laurent GERBER, a French Citizen; Amylum Belgium N.V., a Belgian Corporation; Amylum Group Services, a Belgian Corporation; Amylum France SAS, a French Corporation; Amylum SPI Europe, a French Corporation; and Carole Piwnica, a Belgian Citizen, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Weinhardt, Mark McCormick, and Steven M. Colloton of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, Des Moines, Jonathan K. Cooperman and Frank C. DiPrisco of Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York, New York, and James P. Hoffman, Keokuk, for appellants.

Oleg Rivkin, Eric Lindquist, and Kristen D. Perrault of Fox, Haran & Camerini, L.L.P., New York, New York, and Joseph R. Gunderson and Edward C. Poulsen of Genderson, Sharp, Trout & Rhein, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.

Heard by MAHAN, P.J., and ZIMMER and EISENHAUER, JJ.

MAHAN, P.J.

Defendants appeal the decision of the district court that denied their motion to dismiss a tort action that alleged breach of a covenant not to compete, misappropriation of trade secrets, and intentional interference with contractual relations. They claim their motion to dismiss should have been granted due to lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. We reverse the district court.

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