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RASMUSSEN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 2007AP35.

803 N.W.2d 623 (2011)

2011 WI 52

David RASMUSSEN and Lisa A. Lindsay, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, General Motors of Canada, Ltd., Ford Motor Company, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., Toyota Canada, Inc., Honda Motor Company, Ltd., American Honda Motor Company, Inc., Honda Canada, Inc., Daimler Chrysler, Daimler Chrysler Canada, Inc., Mercedes Benz Canada, Inc., Nissan North America, Inc., Nissan Canada, Inc., BMW of North America, Inc., BMW Canada, National Automobile Dealers Association and Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, Defendants, Nissan Motor Co., Limited, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs and oral argument by Owen Thomas Armstrong, Jr. , von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee.

For the defendant-respondent there were briefs and oral argument by Daniel L. Goldberg , Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Boston, MA.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Katherine Stadler , Bryan J. Cahill and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison and Andrew C. Cook , Madison for the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council, Inc.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Jamison E. Lynch and Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago and Dan Himmelfarb (admitted pro hac vice), Brian J. Wong (admitted pro hac vice) and Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. and the Organization for the International Investment.

PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK, J.

¶ 1 We review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals1 affirming the circuit court's2 order dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction a defendant, the Japan-based Nissan Motor Company (Nissan Japan), from David Rasmussen's (Rasmussen) class-action lawsuit. The issue presented to this court is whether Wisconsin has general personal jurisdiction over Nissan Japan...

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