Dee-K Enterprises, Inc. v. Heveafil Sdn. Bhd.

Dee-K and other U.S. companies (plaintiffs) sued American and foreign rubber-thread manufacturers, including Malaysian company Heveafil (defendant), alleging an international price-fixing conspiracy; Heveafil, which had appointed U.S. sales agents and tailored products for the American market, challenged both personal jurisdiction and venue in the Eastern District of Virginia, and the American defendants argued their own relevant contacts were in the Western District rather than the Eastern District.