Legal Opinion
Lak, Inc. v. Deer Creek Enterprises
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1989No. 87-1321PublishedCited by 239 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by a federal district court in Michigan in an action against an Indiana partnership on a contract for the sale of a valuable tract of land in Florida. The plaintiff is a Michigan corporation, and the federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The defendant partnership was never present in Michigan, however, it never consented to be sued there, and it has insisted from the outset of the litigation that it never invoked the benefits and protections of Michigan’s laws by purposefully availing…
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3Cited by239 opinions
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