Legal Opinion
Crompton Corp. v. Clariant Corp.
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided August 9, 2002No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 01-84-B-M2PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction filed by the defendant Atofina, S.A. 1 and the putative defendant Daicel Chemical Industries, Inc. 2 For the reasons which follow, the motions are DENIED.
I.Law and Analysis
Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a federal court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant only if permitted by state law. 3 The 1987 amendment to Louisiana’s long-arm statute extended jurisdiction over a foreign defendant to the limits allowed by due process. Thus, when…
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