Legal Opinion
Eldon A. Busch v. Buchman, Buchman & O'brien, Law Firm
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1994No. 92-2366PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Personal jurisdiction over the defendants was predicated on 15 U.S.C. § 78aa, which grants nationwide service of process to any federal court where “any act or transaction constituting the violation occurred.” The district court, sitting in the Southern District of Texas, held that it lacked jurisdiction under § 78aa because no act constituting a violation of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act occurred in Texas. Furthermore, the court concluded that, under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, it could not exercise personal jurisdiction over the defendants…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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