Legal Opinion
Bluetarp Financial, Inc. v. Matrix Construction Co.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided February 22, 2012No. 2:11-cv-290-GZSPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS
GEORGE Z. SINGAL, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint (Docket # 7). As explained herein, the Court GRANTS the Motion.
I. LEGAL STANDARD
Defendant seeks dismissal of this case pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), (3), and (6). A motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(2) seeks dismissal based on lack of personal jurisdiction. The personal jurisdiction of a federal court sitting in diversity is equivalent to that of a state court sitting within the forum. Tice v. Taiwan Shin Yeh Enterprise Co., Ltd., 608 F.Supp.2d 119, 121…
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