Legal Opinion
TGI Friday's Inc. v. Great Northwest Restaurants, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided August 20, 2009No. Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-0083-DPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*754 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, Chief Judge.
Defendants-counterplaintiffs, former franchisees of plaintiff-counterdefendant TGI Friday’s Inc. (“TGIF”), move to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) and for improper venue under Rule 12(b)(3). They also move under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer this case to the Eastern District of California, or, alternatively, to a district court in Washington or Oregon.1 For the reasons that follow, the court denies the motions.
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This case involves 11 restaurants located in California, Oregon, and Washington…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- In Re Volkswagen Ag Volkswagen of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
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