Prewitt Enterprises, Inc. v. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR INADEQUATE SERVICE OF PROCESS

CLEMON, Chief Judge.

This case implicates one of the pillars of American jurisprudence. “Service of process, under longstanding tradition in our system of justice, is fundamental to any procedural imposition on a named defendant.” Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc., 526 U.S. 344, 350, 119 S.Ct. 1322, 143 L.Ed.2d 448 (1999). The question before the Court in this important case is thus fairly straightforward: Has the Plaintiff Prewitt Enterprises, Inc. (“Prewitt”) properly served process on…