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ITL INTERN., INC. v. CONSTENLA, S.A.

No. 10-60892.

669 F.3d 493 (2012)

ITL INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED, doing business as Mars Caribbean and Central America, doing business as Master Foods Interamerica; Mars Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONSTENLA, S.A.; Grupo Constenla, S.A., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Peter Socarras (argued), Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Michael Edward Whitehead , Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott, P.L.L.C., Biloxi, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeremy Daniel Kernodle (argued), Michael Lester Hood , Litig. Counsel, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Hugh Dennis Keating, I , Dukes, Dukes, Keating & Faneca, P.A., Gulfport, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

ITL International, formerly known as Master Foods Interamerica ("MFI"), and its parent company Mars, Inc. filed this declaratory judgment action in federal district court in Mississippi, seeking relief against their longtime Costa Rican distributor. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants. Failing to find specific jurisdiction under the Due Process Clause, we affirm.<...

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