Aerospace Turbine Rotables, Inc. v. 818 Aviation, Inc.

I. Background

The court accepts plaintiff’s “well-pleaded facts as true, view[s] them in the light most favorable to [it], and draw[s] all reasonable inferences from the facts” in its favor. Brooks v. Mentor Worldwide LLC, 985 F.3d 1272, 1281 (10th Cir. 2021). Plaintiff is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Kansas. Doc. 5 at 1 (Am. Compl. ¶ 1). Plaintiff performs maintenance, repair, and overhaul services on aircraft parts. Id. Defendant is a California corporation with its principal place of business in California.

Id. (Am. Compl. ¶ 2). Defendant sells Gulfstream aircraft parts. Id. The parties’ course of dealing with one another spans eight years. Id. at 1–2 (Am. Compl. ¶ 4). Defendant shipped landing gear components to plaintiff in Kansas for overhaul and repair. Id. Plaintiff performed tear down and evaluation of those landing gear components. Id. at 2 (Am. Compl. ¶ 6). When defendant received an order, plaintiff completed the landing gear’s overhaul, refurbishing and repairing certain parts of the components. Id. Plaintiff worked on the parts at its Kansas facility, then shipped completed parts and components directly to…