Opinion ID: 183943
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Heading: personal jurisdiction under montana's long-arm statute

Text: Because § 33-1-601 does not confer jurisdiction over the Companies, we consider whether the district court had jurisdiction over the Companies under other theories of general or specific personal jurisdiction. Where, as here, there is no applicable federal statute governing personal jurisdiction, the district court applies the law of the state in which the district court sits. Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme, 433 F.3d 1199, 1205 (9th Cir.2006). We have recognized that Montana Rule of Civil Procedure 4B(1), which serves as the state's long-arm statute, permit[s] the exercise of personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants to the maximum extent permitted by federal due process. [9] Davis v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 861 F.2d 1159, 1161 (9th Cir.1988). As a result, the jurisdictional analyses under state law and federal due process are the same. Yahoo!, 433 F.3d at 1205.