Legal Opinion

Adolph Caso v. Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 27, 1966No. 6723PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The question presented is whether the court erred in ruling that the defendant corporation was not “doing business” in Massachusetts sufficiently to confer personal jurisdiction to dispose of a cause of action arising elsewhere and being wholly unrelated to defendant’s activities in Massachusetts.

The plaintiff, a citizen of Massachusetts, alleged in his complaint that the defendant, a New York…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Droukas v. Divers Training Academy, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  2. William A. Hahn v. Vermont Law SchoolCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  3. Bank One, Texas, N.A. v. Paul J. MontleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  4. Siaca v. DCC Operating, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
  5. Helen L. Seymour v. Parke, Davis & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970

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