Legal Opinion
William A. Hahn v. Vermont Law School
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 21, 1983No. 82-1483PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant William A. Hahn, a Massachusetts resident, brought an action for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages for breach of contract against defendants-appellees Vermont Law School (VLS), a Vermont corporation, and Thomas Ross, a Vermont citizen and associate professor of law at VLS. The district court dismissed the complaint on a Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) motion, ruling that Hahn had failed to establish in personam jurisdiction over either defendant pursuant to the Massachusetts long-arm statute, Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. eh. 223A § 3 (West Supp.1981). We reverse as to…
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