NEWSOME v. GALLACHER

No. 12-5068.

722 F.3d 1257 (2013)

P. David NEWSOME, Jr., Liquidating Trustee of Mahalo Energy (USA), Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William GALLACHER, Duncan Chisholm, Gary H. Dundas, Jeff G. Lawson, James Burns, Kevin Wolfe, David E. Butler, and Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer, LLP, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ali M.M. Mojdehi , Cooley LLP, San Diego, CA ( Janet D. Gertz , Cooley LLP, San Diego, CA, and William B. Federman and Joshua D. Wells , Federman & Sherwood, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the briefs) for Appellant.

Craig Fitzgerald , GableGotwals, and Paula J. Quillin , Franden, Woodard, Farris, Quillin + Goodnight ( John Henry Rule , GableGotwals, and Joseph R. Farris , Franden, Woodard, Farris, Quillin + Goodnight, with them on the brief) Tulsa, OK, for Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, SEYMOUR, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to answer a classic personal jurisdiction question — who was injured, and where? The answer to that question will determine whether the representative of a Canadian-owned Delaware corporation operating exclusively in Oklahoma may sue the corporation's Canadian officers and directors in Oklahoma.

To bring a suit, the plaintiff must show the defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction

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