Legal Opinion
Thompson Trading Ltd. v. Allied Lyons PLC
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 12, 1989No. 88-0333 LPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This matter is presently before the Court on the motion of Allied Lyons PLC (“Allied Lyons”) and Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts, Ltd. (“Hiram Walker”) to quash service of process and to dismiss. These two foreign corporate defendants seek dismissal on the ground that this Court lacks in personam jurisdiction over them.
In this Opinion the Court will decide two issues. The first involves the threshold question of what materials a district court should consider when ruling on a motion to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds. While a split in the…
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