Austad v. United States Steel Corp.

EDWARD P. MURPHY, District Judge.

These are motions by defendant Inland Steel Company to quash purported service of summons, and to dismiss for lack of venue and jurisdiction in the above companion cases.

The Motion To Quash Purported Service Of Summons

Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d) (3), 28 U.S.C., provides that service on a foreign corporation may be made on

“ * * * an officer, a managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process * * *.”

Inland Steel Company is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois. It is…