United Phosphorus, Ltd. v. Angus Chemical Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MANNING, District Judge.

Defendant Lupin Laboratories, Ltd. and D.B. Gupta’s renewed motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) is before the court. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.

I. Background

The plaintiffs in this antitrust action claim that the defendants—Angus Chemical Company and its corporate officers, Freeman Hughes, Ollie Chandler, Lowell Pals, and Gary Granzow (collectively, “Angus”), Angus Chemie GmbH (“Chemie”), and Lupin Laboratories, Ltd. and its officer and owner D.B. Gupta (collectively, the “Lupin…