Legal Opinion
Ellicott MacHine Corporation, Incorporated v. John Holland Party Limited
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1993No. 92-1522PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge:
We review the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, which dismissed a United States corporation’s declaratory judgment action against an Australian construction and engineering company, John Holland Pty Ltd. (“Holland”). The court ruled that due process constraints barred it from exercising personal jurisdiction over Holland under Maryland’s long-arm statute. We affirm.
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The plaintiff-appellant is Ellicott Machine Corporation, Inc. (“Ellicott”), a United States manufacturer of sand dredges, headquartered in Baltimore.…
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