Legal Opinion
Martin v. Kelley Electric Co.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 8, 1974No. LR-71-C-179PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENLEY, Chief Judge.
This products liability ease in which federal subject matter jurisdiction is established on the basis of diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy is now before the Court on the motion of the defendant Morgen Manufacturing Co. to dismiss the complaint as to it for alleged lack of in personam jurisdiction. 1
The question presented is as to the scope of the Arkansas “long-arm” statute 2 when used as a means of bringing into a federal court in Arkansas a foreign nonqualifying corporation to answer a claim for personal injuries made by an Arkansas…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co. v. Barnes & Reinecke, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Vance M. Thompson. Jr. William Hadley Thompson W. Dane Clay W. Dane Clay, Trustee and R. Mike Butner v. Ecological Science CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Nix v. DunavantSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Mountaire Feeds, Inc. v. Agro Impex, S. A., a Panamanian CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Charles Winston Hendrickson and Cecillia Anne Hendrickson v. Reg O CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Moore v. Little Giant Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1981
- Freddie Pauline Pearrow v. National Life and Accident Insurance Company, D/B/A Opryland USACourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Tietloff v. Lift-A-Loft Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
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