Legal Opinion
Feder v. Turkish Airlines
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 12, 1977No. 75 Civ. 6345-CSHPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
Defendant, a Turkish corporation, moves pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2), F.R.Civ.P., for an order dismissing the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The motion raises the question whether the holding in Shaffer v. Heitner, 433 U.S. 186, 97 S.Ct. 2569, 53 L.Ed.2d 683 (1977) precludes quasi in rem jurisdiction based upon plaintiffs’ prior attachment of defendant’s New York bank account. Answering that question in the negative, we deny the motion.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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