Lower Courts Grapple With Meaning of Nicastro (Part II)

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Last post we talked about a federal district court attempting to apply the Supreme Court's decision in J.McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro. This time, a state court.

In Soria v. Chrysler Canada Inc., No. 2-10-1236 (App. Ct. Ill., 10/24/11), the court modified an earlier opinion to account for Nicastro. But it still concluded that a Canadian automobile assembler was properly subject to personal jurisdiction in Illinois, regardless of the new decision.

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