Legal Opinion
Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 9, 1995No. 94-1498PublishedCited by 455 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In Boit v. Gar-Tec Prods., Inc., 967 F.2d 671 (1st Cir.1992), we urged district courts to take a flexible approach in handling motions to dismiss for lack of in personam jurisdiction, and, concomitantly, to tailor procedures for use in those purlieus. Turning from the general to the particular, we recommended that district courts employ varying levels of scrutiny in connection with such motions, adapting the level of scrutiny to the exigencies of the individual case. See id. at 674-78. Among other possibilities, we suggested using a special intermediate standard when…
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