State v. AU Optronics Corp.
State v. AU Optronics Corp.
Opinion of the Court
¶1 In this case we consider the due process limitations on a Washington court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over two foreign corporations, LG Display Co. Ltd. and LG Display America Inc. (collectively LG Display). LG Display manufactures and distributes components for retail consumer goods that third parties mass-market throughout the United States. It does not manufacture or distribute any component within the state of Washington.
¶2 After LG Display admitted participating in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels, the State sued it in King County Superior Court. The State alleged that the conspiracy resulted in higher prices for Washington citizens and state agencies that purchased products containing these panels. The State appeals the trial court’s dismissal of LG Display for lack of personal jurisdiction. The State also challenges the court’s award of attorney fees to LG Display under RCW 4.28-.185(5). Because the State alleges sufficient minimum contacts with this state for due process to allow a Washington court to exercise specific jurisdiction over LG Display for harm allegedly caused here by its conspiracy and LG Display fails to show that this exercise of jurisdiction would be constitutionally unreasonable, we reverse and remand.
¶3 LG Display Co. Ltd. is a Korean corporation with its principal place of business in Seoul, South Korea. It has an American subsidiary, LG Display America Inc., located in San Jose, California. LG Display designs and manufactures thin film transistor LCD panels. LG Display sells these flat screen LCD panels to original equipment manufacturers, systems integrators, original design manufacturers, and resellers.
¶4 LG Display is not licensed or qualified to do business in Washington State. It maintains no offices, real property, telephone listing, mailing address, assets, employees, or designated agent for service of process in Washington.
¶5 LG Display pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a price-fixing scheme from the late 1990s until 2006.
5. This action alleges violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”), RCW 19.86. Jurisdiction exists pursuant to RCW 19.86.160.
6. Venue is proper in King County because the Plaintiff resides therein; a significant portion of the acts giving rise to this action occurred in King County; the Defendants and their co-conspirators [sic] activities were intended to, and did have a substantial and foreseeable effect on U.S. and Washington State trade or commerce; the conspiracy affected the prices of LCD panels and LCD products purchased in Washington; and all Defendants knew or expected that products containing their LCD panels would be sold in the U.S. and into Washington.
The State sought injunctive relief, civil penalties, damages for state agencies, and restitution for consumers.
¶6 LG Display moved to dismiss the State’s complaint, claiming that it did not have “the continuous and systematic contacts with Washington necessary to support general jurisdiction.” It also alleged that the State’s claims did not support specific jurisdiction because “they do not arise from any conduct by [LG Display] in Washington. The alleged conspiracy took place outside of Washington State.”
¶7 To resolve the personal jurisdiction issue, the trial court considered the following allegations.
¶8 LG Display America Inc. sold over $600 million worth of LCD panels to a particular original equipment manufacturer between 2001 and 2005. Between 2001 and 2007, the State purchased “in excess of 100 Million dollars of product ... including] LCD Products” from this same particular original equipment manufacturer. In 2003, this manufacturer’s purchases accounted for 10 percent or more of net sales by LG Display America Inc. Also in 2003, LG Display Co. Ltd. entered into a master purchase agreement with this particular original equipment manufacturer. The purchase agreement stated that LG Display Co. Ltd. agreed to obtain and retain U.S. regulatory approval for its products. It also contained an indemnification provision obligating LG Display Co. Ltd. to “defend, indemnify, and hold harmless” this manufacturer, as well as the manufacturer’s customers.
¶9 Although LG Display Co. Ltd. had no direct sales to Washington consumers between January 1, 2001, and October 31, 2011,
¶10 Between January 1, 2001, and October 31, 2011, LG Display Co. Ltd. made pass-through shipments of 14,348 units of LCD panels to the Port of Tacoma. LG Display Co. Ltd. sold these shipments in European markets. It neither shipped nor sold these panels to any customers in Washington. LG Display Co. Ltd. or its non-U.S. subsidiaries negotiated the contracts for these shipments with companies outside of Washington.
¶11 Between 2001 and 2010, representatives from LG Display Co. Ltd. made 13 trips to Washington to meet with representatives from the Microsoft Corporation and to perform market research. LG Display Co. Ltd. states that “[t]he majority of these trips included visits to several states, and the duration of the Washington visit was generally one or two days.” LG Display Co. Ltd. also states that these meetings with Microsoft resulted in no business. Between 2001 and 2010, representatives from LG Display America Inc. made 26 business trips to Washington to meet with representatives from Microsoft, Best Buy, Target, Itronix, Costco, and Rockwell/APC.
¶12 The trial court granted LG Display’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court relied on the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro
[TJhere is no “something more”, no state related design, advertising, or marketing directed to Washington, no showing*912 that the LG Defendants have purposefully availed themselves of the privilege of conducting themselves in Washington, or have delivered their product into the stream of commerce with the expectation that it would be purchased by Washington users. Under the facts alleged, a finding of specific jurisdiction does not satisfy due constitutional process.
¶13 The court entered a final judgment as to LG Display’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Later, the court granted LG Display’s application for attorney fees in concept, concluding, “Defendants are entitled to fees and costs pursuant to RCW 4.28.185C5).”
¶ 14 The State appeals.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
¶15 “When the trial court considers matters outside the pleadings on a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, we review the trial court’s ruling under the de novo standard of review for summary judgment.”
ANALYSIS
Personal Jurisdiction
¶16 A court may exercise general or specific personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant.
¶17 The State claims specific jurisdiction over LG Display under RCW 19.86.160, the long-arm provision of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW:
Personal service of any process in an action under this chapter may be made upon any person outside the state if such person has engaged in conduct in violation of this chapter which has had the impact in this state which this chapter reprehends.*914 Such persons shall be deemed to have thereby submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state within the meaning of RCW 4.28.180 and 4.28.185.[21 ]
This statute extends the jurisdiction of Washington courts to persons outside its borders.
¶18 The United States Supreme Court examines three elements to determine if personal jurisdiction satisfies due process:
(1) that purposeful “minimum contacts” exist between the defendant and the forum state; (2) that the plaintiff’s injuries “arise out of or relate to” those minimum contacts; and (3) that the exercise of jurisdiction be reasonable, that is, that jurisdiction be consistent with notions of “fair play and substantial justice.”[25 ]
If the plaintiff satisfies the first two prongs of this test, the burden shifts to the defendant “ ‘to set forth a compel
¶19 The State alleges that Washington’s exercise of jurisdiction does not violate due process because (1) LG Display “purposefully delivered hundreds of millions of panels to the United States which were purchased in finished products in Washington State,” (2) “[t]his action arises from [LG Display’s] [c]ontacts with Washington,” and (3) “[t]he exercise of Personal Jurisdiction over [LG Display] comports with traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.”
¶20 LG Display asserts that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a Washington court from exercising personal jurisdiction over it because it has not purposefully availed itself of the privilege of conducting business in Washington.
¶21 To satisfy the first prong of the specific jurisdiction test, a plaintiff may show that the defendant’s activities constituted either “purposeful availment” of the forum state’s laws or the defendant’s “purposeful direction” toward the forum state.
¶22 The State claims that LG Display
purposefully availed itself in Washington by releasing hundreds of millions of its LCD panels into the stream of commerce with the expectation and intent that they would be incorporated into finished goods to be sold throughout the United States. LGD’s [(LG Display)] conduct spanned many years, and*916 it targeted as broad a market as possible by selling panels both to companies that directly do business in the U.S. through retail distribution and through its U.S. subsidiary.
The State relies on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson.
¶23 LG Display argues that if Washington consumers purchased electronic products containing LG Display’s LCD panels, these purchases “resulted from the independent actions of products manufacturers and retailers. The State does not and cannot identify a single sale of laptops, televisions, or other electronic products from LG Display to Washington consumers. Nor can it show that LG Display directed or controlled any such sales. They did not.”
Under the narrowest holding of J. McIntyre, simply placing a product into the stream of commerce and targeting the general U.S. market does not establish the forum contact required to satisfy due process. The trial court’s ruling that “something more” is required to assert personal jurisdiction over [LG Display] is supported by J. McIntyre and by Washington law.
¶24 In J. McIntyre, a British manufacturer, J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd., sold its metal shearing machines to an independent U.S. distributor, which marketed the machines
¶25 The United States Supreme Court reversed.
¶26 Justice Kennedy, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas, explained that “it is the defendant’s actions, not his expectations, that empower a
¶27 Justice Kennedy identified two principles. First, determining personal jurisdiction “requires a forum-by-forum, or sovereign-by-sovereign, analysis. The question is whether a defendant has followed a course of conduct directed at the society or economy existing within the jurisdiction of a given sovereign, so that the sovereign has the power to subject the defendant to judgment concerning that conduct.”
¶28 Justice Breyer, joined by Justice Alito, cited the Court’s opinions in World-Wide Volkswagen
¶29 Finally, Justice Ginsburg, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, dissented. Justice Ginsburg concluded that when the British manufacturer “dealt with the United States as a single market” and sought to have its products distributed nationwide, due process did not prevent the state where the injury occurred from holding the manufacturer accountable.
¶30 In Marks v. United States,
Here, the relevant facts found by the New Jersey Supreme Court show no “regular ... flow” or “regular course” of sales in New Jersey; and there is no “something more,” such as special state-related design, advertising, advice, marketing, or anything else. Mr. Nicastro, who here bears the burden of proving jurisdiction, has shown no specific effort by the British Manufacturer to sell in New Jersey. He has introduced no list of potential New Jersey customers who might, for example, have regularly attended trade shows [in other states at which the British Manufacturer appeared and solicited sales]. And he has not otherwise shown that the British Manufacturer “purposefully avail [ed] itself of the privilege of conducting activities” within New Jersey, or that it delivered its goods in the stream of commerce “with the expectation that they will be purchased” by New Jersey users.[50 ]
Absent evidence of a “ ‘regular ... flow’ or ‘regular course’ of sales” in New Jersey, or evidence of “ ‘something more,’ such as special state-related design, advertising, advice, marketing, or anything else,” Justice Breyer found the record insufficient to support personal jurisdiction.
¶32 Further, Justice Breyer noted the he “d[id] not agree with the plurality’s seemingly strict no-jurisdiction rule” or the “absolute approach adopted by the New Jersey Supreme Court” authorizing a state to exercise jurisdiction over an out-of-state manufacturer as long as the manufacturer knows or should know that its products “ ‘are distributed through a nationwide distribution system that might lead to those
¶33 Here, the State cites various Washington cases it claims recognize that merely placing goods into a broad stream of commerce can constitute purposeful minimum contacts to establish personal jurisdiction.
¶34 Following the analysis of J. McIntyre adopted by the Oregon Supreme Court in Willemsen v. Invacare Corp.
¶35 The Oregon Supreme Court determined, “The sale of the CTE battery charger in Oregon that led to the death of plaintiffs’ mother was not an isolated or fortuitous occurrence.”
¶37 Although, “[t]o be sure, nationwide distribution of a foreign manufacturer’s products is not sufficient to establish jurisdiction over the manufacturer when that effort results in only a single sale in the forum state,”
¶38 LG Display claims that Willemsen’s reasoning “directly conflicts with Grange, which disclaimed those Washington cases that did not require a showing of ‘purposefulness’ to establish jurisdiction in tort cases.” But, the Oregon Supreme Court’s analysis relies on Justice Breyer’s rationale in J. McIntyre, which required showing purposefulness, and the court determined that the sales in Oregon were not “isolated or fortuitous.”
¶39 Due process also requires the State to show this cause of action arises from LG Display’s indirect sales to Washington consumers. The State claims, “Washington consumers and state agencies have been injured by paying supracompetitive prices for LCD products as a result of [LG Display’s] price-fixing conduct.” LG Display argues that consumers purchased LCD products from independent third parties. We agree with the State.
¶41 As discussed above, the State claims that LG Display manufactured, marketed, sold, and/or distributed millions of LCD panels and LCD products to customers nationwide and in Washington during the course of the price-fixing conspiracy. In its complaint, the State alleged that LG Display “knew or expected that products containing their LCD panels would be sold in the U.S. and into Washington.” LG Display representatives also traveled to Washington numerous times for business meetings and to perform market research. The fact that these meetings resulted in no business does not discount LG Display’s efforts to target Washington.
¶42 For the convenience element, LG Display argues, “Requiring LG Display to litigate in a state where they have no offices, employees, or other resources on its own presents a significant burden.” Requiring LG Display to answer and defend in Washington would not pose an unfair burden. In a master purchase agreement, LG Display Co. Ltd. agreed that its products would comply with all U.S. regulatory requirements, which suggests its familiarity with applicable laws. This agreement also contained an indemnity provision, indicating that LG Display “anticipated the need
¶43 The benefits and protections of Washington law favor the State. LG Display claims, “The State’s strong interest in protecting its citizens, on its own, is an insufficient basis for finding jurisdiction.” RCW 19.86.080(3) authorizes the State to bring a CPA action on behalf of Washington’s indirect purchasers; these consumers have no private right of action.
Respondent solicited Washington business and derived substantial profits from Washington residents by clearly illegal methods. It is the duty of the state to protect its residents from such unfair practices. If our courts are not open, the state will be without a remedy in any court and the Consumer Protection Act will be rendered useless.
LG Display allegedly solicited Washington business and derived substantial profits indirectly from Washington consumers as a result of its illegal actions, and no alternative forum exists for Washington consumers.
¶44 Finally, equity weighs in the State’s favor. LG Display contends, “[T]he State alleges conduct that occurred primarily in Asia and has provided no direct, related link to Washington residents.” It also asserts, “[T]here is little risk
¶45 As the State notes, only an indirect relationship can exist between LG Display and Washington consumers who purchased finished goods containing LG Display’s products. Considering modern economic structures, it is unreasonable to expect that LG Display would target Washington consumers directly. Finding no jurisdiction could also encourage manufacturers to structure their businesses to avoid direct activity in Washington to avoid liability. LG Display should not avoid liability for any alleged harm simply because other defendants might provide compensation.
¶46 We conclude that requiring LG Display to appear and defend in Washington does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. The trial court could, consistent with due process, require LG Display to appear in a Washington court and respond to the State’s claims that its price-fixing conspiracy harmed Washington consumers by forcing them to pay higher prices for LCD products.
Attorney Fees
¶47 The State also challenges the trial court’s award of attorney fees to LG Display under RCW 4.28.185(5). Because LG Display no longer is a prevailing party at this point, we reverse the trial court’s attorney fee award without addressing the State’s argument.
Amicus Curiae
¶48 Costco Wholesale Corporation, acting as amicus curiae, raises two issues not raised in the parties’ briefing. Because “this court does not consider new issues raised for
CONCLUSION
¶49 Because Washington’s exercise of jurisdiction in this case meets the requirements of due process, we reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the State’s action and its award of fees to LG Display. We remand this case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
An original equipment manufacturer produces products using components purchased from other companies and sells the products, such as computers, under its own brand name.
In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litig., 267 F.R.D. 291 (N.D. Cal. 2010), abrogated on other grounds by In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litig., 686 F.3d 741 (9th Cir. 2012). Numerous direct purchasers and indirect purchasers filed separate class actions in federal courts around the United States. The Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all of these federal court actions in the Northern District of California for pretrial purposes, In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1827. Washington was not a party to this litigation.
Several defendants removed the case to federal court in September 2010. The district court held that removal was not proper, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed and remanded the case to state court. Washington v. Chimei Innolux Corp., 659 F.3d 842 (9th Cir. 2011).
We consider only the facts alleged to have occurred within the conspiracy period.
Because the trial court granted the State and LG Display’s motion to seal, we do not use the names of specific businesses or companies that purchased or sold LG Display’s LCD panels or products containing these panels.
The State did not name this manufacturer in its complaint.
The record contains no information about any of LG Display’s activities outside of these dates.
The total value of this sale was $148.
The total value of these sales was $23,500. The State’s brief indicates that the sales totaled $178,000, but that calculation appears incorrect. LG Display asserts, “Bell’s and Itronix’s claims were already resolved in the multidistrict litigation and resellers are not included in the State’s alleged parens patriae class.”
_U.S._, 131 S. Ct. 2780, 2792, 180 L. Ed. 2d 765 (2011) (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
The court noted, “The burden is on the petitioner to provide documentation sufficient for the court to determine the reasonableness and necessity of the fees requested. Such has not been provided. . . . Defendants may elect to have this determination made upon the resolution of the [Sjtate’s appeal of this issue.”
See RAP 2.4(g) (“An appeal from a decision on the merits of a case brings up for review an award of attorney fees entered after the appellate court accepts review of the decision on the merits.”).
Freestone Capital Partners LP v. MKA Real Estate Opportunity Fund I, LLC, 155 Wn. App. 643, 653, 230 P.3d 625 (2010) (citing CTVC of Haw. Co. v. Shinawatra, 82 Wn. App. 699, 707-08, 919 P.2d 1243 (1996)).
Freestone Capital Partners, 155 Wn. App. at 653-54 (citing CTVC of Haw., 82 Wn. App. at 708).
Freestone Capital Partners, 155 Wn. App. at 654 (citing CTVC of Haw., 82 Wn. App. at 708).
In re Marriage of David-Oytan, 171 Wn. App. 781, 798, 288 P.3d 57 (2012) (citing John Does v. CompCare, Inc., 52 Wn. App. 688, 693, 763 P.2d 1237 (1988); In re Marriage of Yocum, 73 Wn. App. 699, 703, 870 P.2d 1033 (1994)), review denied, III Wn.2d 1017 (2013).
Gander v. Yeager, 167 Wn. App. 638, 647, 282 P.3d 1100 (2012).
FutureSelect Portfolio Mgmt., Inc. v. Tremont Grp. Holdings, Inc., 175 Wn. App. 840, 886, 309 P.3d 555 (2013) (citing CTVC of Haw., 82 Wn. App. at 708), review granted, 179 Wn.2d 1008 (2014).
FutureSelect Portfolio Mgmt., 175 Wn. App. at 886 (citing CTVC of Haw., 82 Wn. App. at 708).
FutureSelect Portfolio Mgmt., 175 Wn. App. at 886 (citing CTVC of Haw., 82 Wn. App. at 709).
RCW 19.86.020 states, “Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful.” The State does not claim that Washington can exercise general jurisdiction over LG Display.
David-Oytan, 171 Wn. App. at 798 (citing Yocum, 73 Wn. App. at 703). Our Supreme Court applies a similar analysis to the CPA’s long-arm provision, RCW 19.86.160, and to the general long-arm statute, RCW 4.28.185. See State v. Reader’s Digest Ass’n, 81 Wn.2d 259, 276-78, 501 P.2d 290 (1972).
David-Oytan, 171 Wn. App. at 798 (interpreting RCW 4.28.185).
David-Oytan, 171 Wn. App. at 798 (interpreting RCW 4.28.185) (citing Yocum, 73 Wn. App. at 702).
Grange Ins. Ass’n v. State, 110 Wn.2d 752, 758, 757 P.2d 933 (1988) (citing Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 472-78, 105 S. Ct. 2174, 85 L. Ed. 2d 528 (1985)).
C.S. v. Corp. of the Catholic Bishop of Yakima, No. 13-CV-3051, 2013 WL 5373144, at *3, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138862, at *7 (E.D. Wash. 2013) (court order) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting CollegeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., 653 F.3d 1066, 1076 (9th Cir. 2011)).
C.S., 2013 WL 5373144, at *3, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138862, at *8 (citing Yahoo! Inc. v. Le Ligue Contre La Racisme et LAntisemitisme, 433 F.3d 1199,1206 (9th Cir. 2006) (en banc)).
Burger King, 471 U.S. at 475.
444 U.S. 286, 297-98, 100 S. Ct. 559, 62 L. Ed. 2d 490 (1980).
In a 2004 filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, LG Display Co. Ltd. stated, “We negotiate directly with our end-brand customers concerning the terms and conditions of the sales, but typically ship our display panels to designated systems integrators at the direction of these end-brand customers.”
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2786 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2786 (plurality opinion). The plurality opinion stated that “no more than four machines ... ended up in New Jersey.” J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2786 (plurality opinion). Justice Breyer’s opinion concurring in the judgment stated, “The American Distributor on one occasion sold and shipped one machine to a New Jersey customer.” J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2791 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment). As explained below, Justice Breyer’s opinion controls.
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2786 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2786 (plurality opinion) (quoting Nicastro v. McIntyre Mach. Am., Ltd., 201 N.J. 48, 76, 987 A.2d 575 (2010)).
See J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2791 (plurality opinion) (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131S. Ct. at 2791 (plurality opinion), 2792 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2789 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2788 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2789 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2789 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2790 (plurality opinion).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2790-91 (plurality opinion).
444 U.S. at 297-98.
480 U.S. 102. 117. 122. 107 S. Ct. 1026, 94 L. Ed. 2d 92 (1987).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2792 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2791-92 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2801-02 (Ginsburg, J., dissenting).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2804 (Ginsburg, J., dissenting).
430 U.S. 188, 193, 97 S. Ct. 990, 51 L. Ed. 2d 260 (1977) (quoting Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, 169 n.15, 96 S. Ct. 2909, 49 L. Ed. 2d 859 (1976) (opinion of Stewart, Powell, & Stevens, JJ.)); accord Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930, 949, 127 S. Ct. 2842, 168 L. Ed. 2d 662 (2007) (following Marks); Davidson v. Piensen, 135 Wn.2d 112, 128, 954 P.2d 1327 (1998) (same).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2792 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment) (some alterations in original) (quoting World-Wide Volkswagen, 444 U.S. at 297-98). In relying on the phrases “ ‘regular . . . flow’ or ‘regular course’ of sales,” Justice Breyer cited Justice Brennan’s and Justice Stevens’s separate opinions in Asahi, 480 U.S. at 117,122, which he referenced earlier in his opinion. J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2792 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2792 (alteration in original) (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2793 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment) (quoting Nicastro, 201 N.J. at 76-77).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2793 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2793-94 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2793-94 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2794 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment).
Griffiths & Sprague Stevedoring Co. v. Bayly, Martin & Fay, Inc., 71 Wn.2d 679, 684, 430 P.2d 600 (1967); Omstead v. Brader Heaters, Inc., 5 Wn. App. 258, 269-71, 487 P.2d 234 (1971), aff’d, 80 Wn.2d 720, 497 P.2d 1310 (1972); Reader’s Digest Ass’n, 81 Wn.2d at 276-78; Grange, 110 Wn.2d at 761.
110 Wn.2d 752, 761, 757 P.2d 933 (1988).
471 U.S. 462, 476,105 S. Ct. 2174, 85 L. Ed. 2d 528 (1985) (“Once it has been decided that a defendant purposefully established minimum contacts within the forum State, these contacts may be considered in light of other factors to determine whether the assertion of personal jurisdiction would comport with ‘fair play and substantial justice.’ ” (quoting Int’l Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 320, 66 S. Ct. 154, 90 L. Ed. 95 (1945))).
Grange, 110 Wn.2d at 760.
352 Or. 191, 282 P.3d 867 (2012), cert, denied, 133 S. Ct. 984 (2013).
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 194.
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 196. The court noted, “It is unclear from the complaint whether Invacare itself sold its motorized wheelchairs in Oregon or whether it sold them through a distributor. ... In CTE’s view, the dispositive facts are that it did not sell its battery chargers directly in Oregon and that it did not otherwise have any direct contacts here.” Willemsen, 352 Or. at 196 n.5.
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 194.
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 198.
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 203.
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 203-04 (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2792 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment)).
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 207 (alterations in original) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2793 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment)).
See, e.g., Graham v. Hamilton, No. 3:11-CV-609, 2012 WL 893748, at *4,2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35322, at *12 (W.D. La. 2012) (court order) (holding that “the McIntyre concurrence does not govern the facts of this case” because, unlike
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 203.
Willemsen, 352 Or. at 201 (quoting J. McIntyre, 131 S. Ct. at 2792 (Breyer, J., concurring in the judgment)), 203.
See In re W. States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litig., 715 F.3d 716, 742-43 (9th Cir. 2013) ("There is no question that the Plaintiffs’ state antitrust claims arise out of the AEP Defendants’ collusive manipulation of the gas price indices. In other words, their claims ‘arise! ] out of or relate! ] to’ the Defendants’ alleged forum-related activities.” (alterations in original) (quoting Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co., 374 F.3d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 2004))),petition for cert. filed, 82 U.S.L.W. 3107 (U.S. Aug. 26, 2013) (No. 13-271).
Qijyc of Haw., 82 Wn. App. at 720 (citing DiBernardo-Wallace v. Gullo, 34 Wn. App. 362, 365-66, 661 P.2d 991 (1983)).
See Willemsen, 352 Or. at 208 (master supply agreement provision agreeing to maintain certificate of insurance indicated that “CTE anticipated the need to defend against [this] very sort of claim”); see also Abel v. Montgomery Ward Co., 798 F. Supp. 322, 327 (E.D. Va. 1992) (manufacturer that anticipated being haled into court in forums where its products were resold was obligated to purchase insurance to protect itself, reserved rights to defend its products, and agreed to indemnify Montgomery Ward).
See Blewett v. Abbott Labs., 86 Wn. App. 782, 790, 938 P.2d 842 (1997) (“We conclude that direct purchasers and the attorney general are the enforcers of antitrust law in Washington.”).
81 Wn.2d 259, 278, 501 P.2d 290 (1972).
The State concedes that if it were to file a federal action, it could ask the court to exercise pendant jurisdiction over its state law claim.
Protect the Peninsula’s Future v. City of Port Angeles, 175 Wn. App. 201, 217, 304 P.3d 914 (citing Ruff v. County of King, 125 Wn.2d 697, 704 n.2, 887 P.2d 886 (1995)), review denied, 178 Wn.2d 1022 (2013).
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