Legal Opinion
Sher v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1990No. 88-6370PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
The issue here is personal jurisdiction over a partnership and its individual partners. Alexandre Dumas notwithstanding, we conclude that all for one does not necessarily mean one for all.
Facts
In March 1984, federal officials arrested Seymour Sher in Los Angeles, California in connection with criminal charges brought against him in Tampa, Florida. Sher and his wife, Jessica Faith Sher, retained Thomas J. Nolan, a California attorney, to assist in Sher’s defense and to help Sher locate suitable Florida counsel to try the case. Sher and Nolan flew to Tampa and…
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