SEGREGATED ACCOUNT v. COUNTRYWIDE HOME

No. 2015AP1493.

898 N.W.2d 70 (2017)

2017 WI 71

The SEGREGATED ACCOUNT OF AMBAC ASSURANCE CORPORATION (the "Segregated Account") and Ambac Assurance Corporation ("Ambac"), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. ("Countrywide"), Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Thomas M. Pyper , Lisa M. Lawless , and Husch Blackwell LLP, Madison, with whom on the briefs were Joseph M. McLaughlin and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York. Oral argument by Joseph M. McLaughlin .

For the plaintiffs-appellants, there was a brief filed by Erik H. Monson , Karen M. Gallagher , and Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C., Madison, with whom on the brief were Barbara A. Neider , Jeffrey A. Mandell , and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison. Oral argument by Barbara A. Neider .

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Civil Procedure Law Professors by John Franke and Gass Weber Mullins LLC. Oral argument by John Franke .

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Association and The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Kevin M. St. John and Bell Giftos St. John LLC, Madison, with whom on the brief were Daniel Domenico and Kittredge LLC, Denver.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of The Coalition for Litigation Justice by Kathryn A. Keppel and Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP, Milwaukee.


¶ 1 This case implicates the authority of Wisconsin courts to exercise general jurisdiction over a foreign corporation. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. petitioned this court for review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals,1 which held that Countrywide consented to general personal...

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