Opinion ID: 4530507
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Heading: The Defendants’ Responses

Text: ¶8. All nine defendants responded to the complaint with motions to dismiss. Eight asserted lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, and failure to state a claim as grounds for dismissal. See M.R.C.P. 12(b)(2) (dismissal based on lack of personal jurisdiction), M.R.C.P. 12(b)(3) (dismissal based on improper venue), and M.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) (dismissal based on failure to state a claim). The ninth defendant, Yazaki North America, Inc., asserted 6 only improper venue under Rule 12(b)(3) and failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6). Because Michigan-based Yazaki had opened a four-person office near the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, it did not challenge Mississippi’s personal jurisdiction.