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FRANKENFELD v. CROMPTON CORP.

Nos. 23265, 23276.

697 N.W.2d 378 (2005)

2005 SD 55

Don FRANKENFELD, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. CROMPTON CORPORATION, Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Company Limited, Defendants and Appellants, Bayer Ag, Bayer Corporation, Rhein Chemie Rheinau Gbmh and Rhein Chemie Corporation, Defendants, and Flexsys NV and Flexsys America LP, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Dougherty of Dougherty & Dougherty, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sanford Svetcov and Susan K. Alexander of Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins, San Francisco, California, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee Frankenfeld.

Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. and Scott N. Heidepriem of Johnson, Heidepriem, Miner, Marlow & Janklow, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Daniel G. Swanson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California, D. Jarrett Arp and James D. Slear of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, Attorneys for defendants and appellants Flexsys NV and Flexsys America LP.

Gary D. Jensen of Beardsley, Jensen & Von Wald, Rapid City, South Dakota, Ian Simmons, Benjamin G. Bradshaw, Charles E. Borden and Jonathan R. Mitchell of O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Attorneys for defendants and appellants Crompton Corp., Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc. and Uniroyal Chemical Co. Ltd.

KEAN, Circuit Judge.

[¶ 1.] Crompton Corporation and its subsidiaries, Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc. and Uniroyal Chemical Company (collectively Crompton), as well as Flexsys N.V. and Flexsys America L.P. (collectively Flexsys) appeal the circuit court's denial of their motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because we hold that personal jurisdiction over these defendants violates due process we reverse.

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