Legal Opinion
State v. Atlantic Richfield Company
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 12, 2016No. 2015-204PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the contours of the “stream-of-commerce” doctrine of personal jurisdiction, which was introduced by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1980 decision but later divided the Court with respect to its scope. Defendant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) challenges a decision of the superior court, civil division, denying its motion to dismiss, for lack of personal jurisdiction, plaintiff State of Vermont’s complaint alleging that TPRI, along with twenty-eight other defendants, contaminated the waters of the state by introducing into…
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