Legal Opinion
Good Hope Industries, Inc. v. Ryder Scott Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 1979PublishedCited by 305 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiffs filed a civil complaint in the Superior Court for Hampden County against the defendant, a Texas corporation. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2), 365 Mass. 754 (1974). Thereafter, the parties engaged in discovery limited to the jurisdictional issue, and filed affidavits, depositions, and exhibits prior to argument on the motion. After a hearing, the judge allowed the motion and judgment was entered dismissing the action. The plaintiffs appealed, arguing that subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of G. L.…
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