BP CHEMICALS LTD. v. JIANGSU SOPO CORP. (GROUP)

No. 04-1814.

420 F.3d 810 (2005)

BP CHEMICALS LTD., an English Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JIANGSU SOPO CORPORATION (GROUP) LTD., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Cane, Jr., argued, San Francisco, CA (Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Julie A. Wilkinson, San Francisco, James W. Erwin, Michael D. O'Keefe, Kenton E. Knickmayer, St. Louis, on the brief), for appellant.

Daniel L. Brockett, argued, Cleveland, OH (James W. Satola and Jonathan B. Leiken, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

This case, in which BP Chemicals (BP) alleges Jiangsu SOPO Corporation misappropriated its trade secrets, is before us a second time. In the first appeal, we held BP's pleadings survived a facial jurisdictional challenge brought by SOPO pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611 & 1330. BP Chems., Ltd. v. Jiangsu SOPO Corp. (Group),

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