Legal Opinion

Walsh v. National Seating Co., Inc.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided March 25, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-1011-TPublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

This is a civil action based on diversity of citizenship wherein plaintiffs seek to recover damages for alleged personal injuries against two corporate defendants. Both defendants have moved to dismiss on the ground that the court lacks personal jurisdiction. For reasons elaborated below, this court grants the motion of defendant National Seating Co., Inc. (“National”) but denies the motion of Motor Coach Industries, Inc. (“Motor Coach”).

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For purposes of these motions to dismiss the court, as it must, accepts as true plaintiffs’ version of the facts.

On March…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Good Hope Industries, Inc. v. Ryder Scott Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Carty v. Beech Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  3. Heins v. Wilhelm Loh Wetzlar Optical Machinery GmbH & Co. KG.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
  4. Labbe v. Nissen Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  5. Kimberly Crocker and Julian H. Crocker v. The Hilton International Barbados, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992

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