Legal Opinion
Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1993No. 92-1826PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
We must decide whether a federal district court may assert personal jurisdiction over a foreign parent corporation solely because the parent’s third-tier subsidiary corporation, over which the parent exerts no control, conducts business in the forum state. We hold that it may not.
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On June 8, 1989 Mylan Laboratories, Inc. (“Mylan”) brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking damages and injunctive relief *59for alleged violations of the federal antitrust laws, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act…
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