Legal Opinion
Manu International, S.A. v. Avon Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 20, 1981No. 381, Docket 80-7575PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
On July 18, 1979, Manu International, S.A. (“Manu”), a Belgian corporation, brought suit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against Avon Products, Inc. (“Avon”), a New York corporation with its principal offices in New York, seeking damages for alleged fraud in obtaining disclosure from Manu, a middleman, of its Taiwanese source of handbags supplied to Avon and then by-passing Manu to deal directly with the source. On May 28, 1980, the district court, Leonard B. Sand, J., granted Avon’s renewed motion to dismiss the action on grounds of forum…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Cray v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by135 opinions
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