MILLER v. NIPPON CARBON CO., LTD.

No. 07-2332.

528 F.3d 1087 (2008)

Vickie MILLER, Appellant, v. NIPPON CARBON COMPANY, LTD., Appellee, Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation; Intermodal Cartage Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor A. Cates, argued, Memphis, TN (Joel Porter, Dennis R. Baer, Memphis, TN, Elton A. Rieves, III, Kent J. Rubens, Brian Walthart, West Memphis, AR, on the brief), for appellants.

Kenneth I. Schacter, argued, New York, NY (Steven W. Quattlebaum, Karen S. Halbert, Little Rock, AR, Susanna Y. Chu, New York, NY, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BYE, RILEY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Vickie Miller (Miller), a resident of Arkansas, brought a wrongful death action on behalf of her deceased husband against Nippon Carbon Company, Ltd. (Nippon), a Japanese corporation. Finding no personal jurisdiction over Nippon, the district court1 dismissed Miller's lawsuit. Miller appeals the district court's decision. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

This wrongful...

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