Liqui-Box Corp. v. Advanced Plastic Systems, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Liqui-Box Corporation, No. 2:22-cv-01466-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Advanced Plastic Systems, Inc., 1S Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Liqui-Box Corporation brings this contribution and indemnity action against defendant Advanced Plastic Systems, Inc. (APS) over potential prospective liability stemming 19 from a different case pending in a different federal district court. See generally Compl., ECF No. 1. APS moves the court to dismiss this case for lack of personal jurisdiction. See Mot., ECF No.7. In advance of the motion hearing, the court orders the parties to show cause why this case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Liqui-Box manufactures aseptic liquid packaging products, which are filled through a 24 plastic fitment produced by APS. Compl. § 6. It sold some of those products to Tree Top, Inc. 25 Jd. Tree Top and Certain Interested…