Legal Opinion
Tankersley v. Albright
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 11, 1973No. 73 C 883PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DECKER, District Judge.
This action was instituted by the Trustees of the McCormick-Patterson Trust for a declaratory judgment against two non-resident beneficiaries. The basis of jurisdiction alleged in the complaint is diversity of citizenship. Service on the defendants was made outside the State of Illinois. Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 110, § 16; F.R.Civ.P. 4(d), (e).
Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendants have moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Since a federal court sitting in diversity must apply the law of the state in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,029 Ruth Elizabeth McCormick Tankersley v. Joseph M. P. Albright and Josephine P. AlbrightCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- United States Dental Institute v. American Association of OrthodontistsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
- Lucile Hansen v. Peoples Bank of Bloomington as Trustee of the Trust of Olga J. Nydegger and A. W. AugspurgerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Muffo v. ForsythAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Tankersley v. AlbrightDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1974
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