SUNCOKE ENERGY INC. v. MAN FERROSTAAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

No. 08-5414.

563 F.3d 211 (2009)

SUNCOKE ENERGY INC., fka Sun Coke Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAN FERROSTAAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT; Man Ferrostaal do Brasil Comercio e Industria Ltda., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard W. Foltz, Jr., Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant. Sydney B. McDole, Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Richard W. Foltz, Jr., Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, W. Kyle Carpenter, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Sydney B. McDole, Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, W. Thomas Dillard, Wayne A. Ritchie II, Ritchie, Dillard & Davies, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

MERRITT, J., delivered the opinion of the court, except as to Part III, and delivered an opinion as to Part III. WHITE, J., (pp. 217-19), delivered a separate concurring opinion. ROGERS, J., (pp. 219-22), delivered a separate opinion, dissenting in part.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action for injunctive relief seeking the return of confidential trade information generated and provided by SunCoke Co. of Knoxville, Tennessee to the defendant, MAN Ferrostaal, a German engineering and construction company. Relying on the Tennessee long-arm statute, SunCoke brought suit in federal court in Knoxville, where its principal place of business is located. The District Court dismissed for lack...

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