LaSalle National Bank v. Vitro, Sociedad Anonima
District Court, N.D. Illinois
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NORDBERG, Senior District Judge.
This is a diversity action challenging the fairness of the court-approved sale of Anchor Glass Container Corporation (“Anchor”), which was a former indirect subsidiary of defendant Vitro, Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable (“Vitro”). Vitro has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), and argues that it is a Mexican holding corporation with no juris-dictionally relevant contacts to Illinois. Plaintiff argues that Vitro is really a “super-corporation” actively controlling a…
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