Legal Opinion
Jenner & Block v. DISTRICT COURT, ETC.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 26, 1979No. 28226PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carrigan
This is an original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21. Petitioners, an Illinois general partnership engaged in law practice, and one of its partners, seek to prohibit the respondent court from exercising in personam jurisdiction over them. We issued a rule to show cause and now discharge the rule.
In the underlying lawsuit the plaintiff Colorado corporation, Val Moritz Village, Inc., contends that the defendants-petitioners, while acting as its attorneys, breached their fiduciary duties by coercing its president to sign a contract in Illinois. The claimed effect of this allegedly coerced…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Gray v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1961
- Safari Outfitters, Inc. v. Superior CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
- Vandermee v. DISTRICT COURT IN & FOR CO. OF ARAPAHOESupreme Court of Colorado · 1967
- Jack O'Donnell Chevrolet, Inc. v. ShanklesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- National Business Brokers, Ltd. v. Jim Williamson Productions, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 2000
- Waterval v. District Court in and for El Paso CountySupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- Bond v. MessermanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Brownlow v. AmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Ruggieri v. General Well Service, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1982
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