Legal Opinion
Totalplan Corp. of America v. Lure Camera Ltd.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided January 31, 1985No. CIV-82-698E to CIV-82-701EPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
These four related actions,' involving allegations of breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition, theft of trade secrets, slander and trademark infringement, apparently constitute attempts to cure venue defects in an earlier action, Totalplan Corp. of America v. Lure Camera, et al., CIV-72-699, which I dismissed on such basis July 18,1980. I found that result to be required by 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) which provides that where, as here, jurisdiction in a civil action “is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship,” such action “may be brought only…
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