Opinion ID: 449549
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Extent of Conflict with the Sovereignty of Defendant's State

Text: 31 The district court found that this factor is inapplicable because CBK is privately owned and not an arm of the state. Paccint contends that the district court was correct because this case lacks foreign policy overtones. Both the district court and Paccint have misconstrued this factor. One of the goals of minimum contacts analysis is to ensure that the States, through their courts, do not reach out beyond the limits imposed on them by their status as coequal sovereigns in a federal system. World-Wide Volkswagen, 444 U.S. at 292, 100 S.Ct. at 564. By asserting jurisdiction of CBK, the district court interfered with the sovereignty of Kuwait and the right of Kuwaiti courts to resolve disputes involving Kuwaiti corporations. 32