Walter E. RYAN, Jr., and Donna Conrad, in the right of and the benefit of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Plaintiffs
v.
John F. GIFFORD, Fredrick G. Beck, Carl W. Jasper, Tunc Doluca, Pirooz Parvarandeh, Richard C. Hood, Vijaykumar Ullal, Charles G. Rigg, Michael J. Byrd, James R. Bergman, B. Kipling Hagopian, A.R. Frank Wazzan, Eric P. Karros, M.D. Sampels, and Alan Hale, Defendants, and
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Nominal Defendant.
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Submitted: October 5, 2007.
Decided: November 21, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Norman M. Monhait, of Rosenthal Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Clinton A. Krislov and Jeffrey M. Salas, of Krislov & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL; Thomas G. Shapiro, Edward F. Haber, Michelle H. Blauner, and Robert E. Ditzion, of Shapiro Haber & Urmy, LLP, Boston, MA, of counsel, for Plaintiffs.
Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Timothy R. Dudderar, and Scott B. Czerwonka, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. Potter, of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, San Francisco, CA, of counsel, for Individual Defendants Frederick G. Beck, Alan Hale, Richard C. Hood, Pirooz Parvarandeh, Charles G. Rigg, and Vijaykumar Ullal.
Gregory P. Williams, Lisa A. Schmidt, John D. Hendershot, and Kelly E. Farnan, of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Siegel and John C. Hueston, of Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, of counsel, for Individual Defendant John F. Gifford.
Kevin G. Abrams and Nathan A. Cook, of Abrams & Laster, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Robert E. Sims, David M. Friedman, and Heather Thompson, of Latham & Watkins, LLP, San Francisco, CA, of counsel, for Individual Defendant Carl W. Jasper.
"J" Jackson Shrum, of Archer & Greiner, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Ioannou and Lita M. Verrier, of Ropers Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, San Jose, CA, of counsel, for Nominal Defendant Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
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OPINION
CHANDLER, Chancellor.
The issue presently before me in this case is whether this Court may properly exercise personal jurisdiction over certain nonresident defendants. In deciding this issue, I consider whether a statutory basis exists for the exercise of jurisdiction, whether plaintiffs have satisfied their burden to demonstrate a factual basis for this Court's exercise of jurisdiction and, if so, whether such exercise is constitutional....
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