Legal Opinion
Jet Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Bacardi & Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 18, 2002No. 01-2481PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the issue of the exercise of personal jurisdiction by a federal district court over an international corporation that has been allocated certain responsibilities within a complex corporate family. Jet Wine & Spirits, a broker of alcoholic beverages in New Hampshire, appeals the dismissal, for lack of personal jurisdiction, of its action based on state contract and tort law against Bacardi & Company (BACO), an owner of various trademarks and intellectual property related to internationally sold alcoholic beverages.
BACO owns several brands of Dewar’s Scotch…
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