Legal Opinion
Rollins v. Proctor & Schwartz
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided October 24, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-1835PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a resident of Georgia, was badly injured on May 10, 1972, when he was pulled into textile machinery in a plant located in the state of Georgia, which machinery had been manufactured by defendant, Proctor & Schwartz, a Pennsylvania corporation. He originally brought suit on September 12, 1977, against Proctor & Schwartz, amending his complaint to add defendant, SCM Corporation, on January 23, 1978. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss, which motion raises the following questions:
1. Does Proctor & Schwartz directly “do business” in South Carolina…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Witt v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'N, INC.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1994
- Schmid v. Roehm GmbHDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1982
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