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IN RE CHINESE MANUFACTURED DRYWALL PRODUCTS

Nos. 10-30568, 12-31017.

742 F.3d 576 (2014)

In re CHINESE-MANUFACTURED DRYWALL PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Michelle Germano, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; et al, Plaintiffs, Jerry Baldwin; Inez Baldwin; Steven Heischober; Elizabeth Heischober; Joseph Leach; Kathy Leach; Preston McKellar; Rachael McKellar; J. Frederick Michaux; Vannessa Michaux; William Morgan; Deborah Morgan; Robert Orlando; Lea Orlando, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Taishan Gypsum Company, Limited, formerly known as Shandong Taihe Dongxin Company, Limited, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick S. Longer , Arnold Levin (argued), Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Leonard Arthur Davis , Russ M. Herman (argued), Esq. , Senior Attorney, Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Robert Gary , Gary, Naegele & Theado, L.L.C., Lorain, OH, Faris Ghareeb , Hausfeld, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Richard James Serpe , Norfolk, VA, Richard W. Stimson , Bradenton, FL, for Intervenors-Appellees.

Frank T. Spano , Courtney Lynne Colligan , Joe Cyr (argued), Eric D. Statman , Joanna F. Wasick , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., New York, NY, Thomas Patrick Owen, Jr., Esq. , Richard C. Stanley, Esq. , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen Richard Mysliwiec , DLA Piper, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for National Association of Home Builders.

Edward Francis Sherman , Tulane University Law School, John Giffen Weinmann Hall , New Orleans, LA, for United States Senators and Congressmen.

Before REAVLEY, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

This is a products liability case arising from the sale of allegedly defective drywall from a Chinese manufacturer (Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., or "TG"), through a Virginia distributor (Venture Supply, Inc., or "Venture"), to Virginia homeowners ("Plaintiffs").1 TG contests the district court's determination that it had personal jurisdiction over TG. TG further asserts that, even if the district court...

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