Legal Opinion
Action Embroidery Corp. v. Atlantic Embroidery, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 27, 2004No. 02-56770PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Action Embroidery Corp. (“Action”) and Vanguard Industries East, Inc. (“Vanguard”) appeal the district court’s dismissal of their federal antitrust and state-law suit against Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight & Kelly, P.C. (“Wol-cott”), a Virginia professional corporation, for lack of personal jurisdiction. We decide two questions of first impression. First, we hold that venue and personal jurisdiction are independent requirements under Section 12 of the Clayton Act. Second, we join our sister circuits and adopt the doctrine of “pendent personal…
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