A plaintiff corporation, incorporated and headquartered in State X, sued a defendant corporation, headquartered in a foreign country, in federal district court in State X for a common-law breach-of-contract claim, asserting diversity jurisdiction. The parties negotiated and executed the contract in the foreign country, and performance was also to occur there. The defendant corporation has insufficient contacts with State X and with any other U.S. state to justify the exercise of jurisdiction by a state court over the defendant.
If the defendant moves to dismiss the action based on lack of personal jurisdiction, how should the court rule?
