Henrietta Mine LLC v. A.M. King Industries Incorporated
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
WO 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
Henrietta Mine LLC, No. CV-20-01106-PHX-SMB
Plaintiff, ORDER
v.
A.M. King Industries Incorporated,
Defendant. 14 Pending before the Court is Defendant A.M. King Industries Incorporated’s (“King”) supplemental brief challenging this Court’s personal jurisdiction over it in this case. (Doc. 44.) Henrietta Mine LLC (“Henrietta”) has filed a response. (Doc. 46.) Having considered the parties briefing and the relevant caselaw, the Court issues the following ruling.1 I. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT King argues the facts of this litigation show the Court lacks personal jurisdiction over it. King points out that personal jurisdiction must come from an act of the defendant purposefully directed at the foreign forum in which it is being haled to defend itself. (Doc. 44 at 2 (quoting Asaki Metal Indus. Co. v. Sup. Ct. of Cal., Solano Cty., 480 U.S. 102, 112 (1987)).) King further argues that it at no time took any action…