Legal Opinion
In re Melekov
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1940No. 9551PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Leon Melekov, a citizen of California, brought a civil action in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California against twelve defendants, all of whom were citizens of Oklahoma. Summons was issued, but was not and could not be served in the Southern District of California, for none of the defendants resided in that district, and none of them was found there. Service was made, however, on eleven of the defendants in the Western District of Oklahoma and on one (Edgar S. Vaught) in the Northern District of California.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Ex Parte SchollenbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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- Rosenberg Bros. & Co. v. Curtis Brown Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- In Re HohorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by7 opinions
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